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From the page: "During the election campaign for George Bush, in August 2000, Vice President Dick Cheney stepped down as CEO of Halliburton Root and Brown (->), but still had a considerable shareholding in the conglomerate. Halliburton worked together with Unocal, who had big interests in the Afghanistan region. Richard Celler, former director of "UNOCAL Pakistan Ltd" once said: "...UNOCAL controlled is best contacts, into US-government circle around US-vice president Cheney, that at a project office to the line plan involved. In addition assured "UNOCAL...() the cooperation of influential lobbyist as well as Ex-Secretary of State Kissinger (->) , the earlier US-ambassador in Pakistan, Robert Oakley, and the former colleague of the UN-Sondermission in Afghanistan, Charlie Santos, also US-American.."

In 1996, Unocal (advisor at that time was Henry Kissinger ->) signed an agreement with the Taliban and the Afghan NorthernAlliance giving Unocal the go-ahead to build a south-bound pipeline through Afghansitan to Pakistan and the expanding Asain market. Halliburton was UNOCALs construction partner. In 1997, a multinational consortium was evaluating construction of a Central Asia Gas (CentGas ->) pipeline between Turkmenistan and Pakistan. Part of this pipeline would have crossed western Afghanistan. However, Unocal pulled out of the consortium in 1998 and the pipeline was never constructed. From the original Ground Zero Forum archive: "In June 2001, Cheney asked Indian opposition leader Sonia Gandhi about a multimillion-dollar debt owed to Enron from a major energy project in India. A Cheney aide said, the vice president has had three meetings with Indian officials since the Bush administration took office. The $64 million Enron debt has come up just once, in the June 27th meeting with the opposition leader. Halliburton, in the same time finished new deals with the US Defence. In 2001 the "Fasttrax consortium team" [US/UK] provided tank transporter service to British Army include Oshkosh Truck Corporation and Deutsche Bank. Local partners of FastTrax include King Trailers Limited, who produce "Disaster Recovery Vehicles" for the middle east region. King Consortium is a subsidiary of the Haliburton Company"

From the page: "One of the big advances weâ€ve seen in moving towards a renewable future is in the field of biofuels. And one of the sources of biofuels currently being studied is algae. It grows on your pond, or at the lake near your house, but it might also one day keep your car running and your plane in the air.

And a joint venture between Rose Ann Cattolico at University of Washington and investment company Recently Allied Minds might soon see a different type of algae for different types of situations.

"People donâ€t realize how many types of algae there are â€" from single cells to large kelp â€" and each one develops differently," Cattolico said. "What weâ€re trying to do is choose the best of the best, the ones that produce the right lipids for a particular type of fuel.""

From the page: "Despite initial contentions that there were only two major oil spills in the wake of Katrina, details released by the U.S. Coast Guard indicate that the problem is much larger. According to the USCG, oil pollution containment and recovery operations continue in Southeast Louisiana resulting from the destructive force of Hurricane Katrina. The following information on each spill is current as of 5 p.m., September 15.

MAJOR SPILLS (Over 100,000 Gallons) -

Murphy Oil Corporation â€" Meraux, La., near mile marker 87 Mississippi River· On Monday equipment and personnel were doubled and are now working 24-hour operations · About 819,000 gallons of oil discharged · About 305,000 gallons of oil recovered · About 196,000 gallons contained · About 312,000 gallons evaporated · 113 people responding to spill · 4,800 feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 21 skimmers · 18 vacuum trucks · 37 additional response vehicles

Bass Enterprises Production Company â€" Cox Bay, La., near mile marker 35 Mississippi River· The product at the Bass Enterprises Production Company Cox Bay Facility is contained mechanically and naturally and is being recovered and pumped into barges for transport to reclamation facilities. Bass Enterprises Production Company appreciates the coordination and support of all of the state and federal agencies involved in the recovery process. · 3.78 million gallons of oil discharged · About 960,000 gallons of product recovered · About 2,026,000 gallons contained · About 982,000 gallons evaporated · 68 people responding to spill · 9,600-feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 11 skimmers · 47 response boats

Shell â€" Pilot Town, La., near mile marker 3 Mississippi River

· Vessels in the area must maintain slow speed, under 10 knots · About 1,051,000 gallons of oil discharged · About 718,000 gallons recovered · About 105,000 gallons evaporated or natural dispersion · About 129,000 gallons contained · About 87,000 gallons uncontained · 39 people responding to spill · 7000-feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 19 response boats and vehicles · Shell is assisting the local Parish with repairing the levee.

Chevron â€" Empire, La., near mile marker 30 Mississippi River· All pipeline personnel in Louisiana have been located and are safe. In addition to aggressive oil recovery, debris removal and cleanup efforts are also underway. These operations are in accordance with Chevron's Incident Action Plan, which are submitted and reviewed daily by the Coast Guard. Work continues on a comprehensive damage assessment to facilities, pumps, motors, piping, electrical, and control systems.About 991,000 gallons of oil released · About 983,000 gallons of oil naturally dispersed and evaporated · About 4,000 gallons recovered · About 3,600 gallons contained · 2,000-feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 127 emergency responders on site · 12 Barges · Boom feet assigned 2,000 · 12 Vessels · 7 Skimmers · 21 Pumps · Heavy Equipment · 2 Vacuum Trucks · 6 miscellaneous boats · 6 response boats

MEDIUM SPILL (10,000 to 100,000 Gallons)

Venice Energy Services Company (Dynegy) â€" Venice, La., near Pass Tante Phine at the main channel of the Mississippi River· About 25,000 gallons discharged · 4,800 gallons of oil recovered · About 840,000 gallons potential discharge enclosed in bermed and boomed area · 20 people responding to spill · 2,800 feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 4 boats and 2 skimmers deployed · 6 pumps operating

Sundown Energy - West Potash, La. · About 13,000 gallons of oil discharged · 153 gallons recovered · About 2000 gallons contained · About 5000 gallons onshore · 52 people responding to spill · 700-feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 2 skimmers · 13 response vehicles

Bass Enterprises Production Company â€" Point a la Hache, La.· About 461,000 gallons of oil discharged · About 235,000 gallons contained · About 312,000 gallons evaporated · 35 feet of boom on site and deployed as necessary · 2 people responding on site · The site was previously inaccessible and over flights indicated minimal spillage. · Prior to the storm, the company reported approximately about 457,000 gallons in the tanks · An on-site inspection shows some oil contained in earthen dams and isolated in ditches surrounding the facility · A recovery plan is being implemented · At Pointe a la Hache, the product has been isolated and a containment and recovery plan is being implemented.

Shell Pipeline Oil LP â€" Nairn, La., near mile marker 35· 13,440 gallons of oil discharged · 126 gallons recovered · 2,940 gallons contained · 10,500 gallons on shore

Chevron â€" Port Fourchon, La.· All pipeline personnel in Louisiana have been located and are safe. In addition to aggressive oil recovery, debris removal and cleanup efforts are also underway. These operations are in acco

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Mccain said today that there was not one drop of oil spilled after Hurricane Katrina
Bobby Jindal said the asme thing days ago, so did someone in McCains camp

From the page: "Katrina oil spills may be among worst on record

The oil pollution in the wake of Hurricane Katrina could be among the worst recorded in North America, officials trying to coordinate the clean-up say. The US coastguard, which is responsible for the marine environment, said yesterday more than 6.5 million gallons of crude oil had been spilt in at least seven major incidents. The previous worst spill in US waters was the 11m gallons in Alaskan waters from the Exxon Valdez in 1989.

"This is a major event," said Lieutenant Colonel Glynn Smith of the coastguard in New Orleans. "Things are going well, but three-quarters of the oil from the spills has not yet been recovered."

The figure does not include petrol and oil spilt from up to 250,000 cars which have been submerged, or that spilt from hundreds of petrol stations. The coastguard says it has received almost 400 reports of spills, the vast majority of which have not been assessed.

President Bush attempted to regain the political initiative with an address to the nation pledging an unprecedented federal effort to help rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf coast. The prime-time speech from New Orleans was timed to confront growing doubts over his leadership abilities, after the stuttering federal response to Katrina's impact.

A poll published by the New York Times and CBS found 53% of the population disapproved of the way Mr Bush was doing his job; 63% thought the country was "on the wrong track", and 65% thought he had been too slow to respond to the hurricane."

McCain said today
"There was not a drop of oil spilled after Hurricane Katrina."

Bobby Jindal (R- Louisiana and possible McCain VP)
also stated yesterday the same thing,
so did a major McCain surrogate Nancy Pfotenhauer.



Hurricane Katrina Images: Oil Spill

Chalmette, New Orleans, LA 9-16-05 Foul smelling flood water, full of all kinds of foul things including mold, oil, gas, and things not identifiable cover everything including everything including whole neighborhoods. Thick Oil is leaking from the storage facility in Chalmette into the surrounding neighborhood.Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina and most will not be able to return for sometime. They need water, ice, food, housing, and jobs. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo. batcave911.blogspot.com/2008/07/mccain-katrina-oil-spill.html [batcave911.blogspot.com/2008/07/mccain-katrina-oil-spill.html]
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From the page: "Gas to $10 a gallon ?

Gas prices $10 ?

Every time I talk about this, I get the same response,
they (OPEC) would not do it.

But lets look closely at this...
If GAS increases to $10 a gallon, sure OPEC would not sell as much oil,
but they wont have to at that price.
What if they sell %40 of what they were ?
They are still making money overall.

With a reduction in output, there is less they have to...
produce, refine, and ship.
They are still making a huge profit.
They will still have oil to sell in the future.
(when ALL of the oil is used up, they stop making money)


With a reduction in output,
the can only use the wells that produce easy to get, cheap oil.
It then, is much more cost effective for them.

Think about it,
if you had 100 widgets, and you had already sold 60 of them,
and they were in high demand, how much would you raise the price ?

What would happen....
Well, right off the bat, about %15 of people in the USA
would be unemployed within a couple of months.
Prices for many goods and food would triple.
(although they would slowly move up over a year or 2)

Within 1 year, about %40 of people in the USA (that have jobs) would loose them.
Government spending would go up, we are using a huge amount of oil and gas
with the war in Iraq, not to mention the rest of the military here and overseas.

It would look very similar to the great depression.
Soup kitchens, no jobs, inflation, etc...
It may in fact be much worse.
With the current population we (the US Gov) couldnt feed that many people,
couldnt get to the suburbs, old people couldnt get medicine,
kids couldnt go to school...
There would be martial law.
The Gov would have to control all the fuel,
so that they had enough for police, military etc...
At some point, a large percent of the populous
would not be able to pay of electric and water services .
Only the rich would be living comfortable.
All HELL would break loose !"
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OIL at $ 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS a barrel ?