The price of oil...
#1
The price of oil...
Very interesting article in the Telegraph about real concerns over OPEC's (primarily Saudi) ability (or not) to control spikes in the oil market through increasing supply.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
#2
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: The price of oil...
Very interesting article in the Telegraph about real concerns over OPEC's (primarily Saudi) ability (or not) to control spikes in the oil market through increasing supply.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
We are a couple of years into a depression that will last until the 2020's because we don't want to actually have to do any work to pay our debts. If the banks had been told to piss off then none of this would have happened.
#3
slanderer of the innocent
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 6,695
Re: The price of oil...
oh well.
#5
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Oh dear!
Well I'm off to panic buy Marmite, good cheese and Robinsons squash.
Well I'm off to panic buy Marmite, good cheese and Robinsons squash.
#6
Re: The price of oil...
Very interesting article in the Telegraph about real concerns over OPEC's (primarily Saudi) ability (or not) to control spikes in the oil market through increasing supply.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
Paints a really worrying picture about near-term economic instability, and mid-term energy supply security that could make interest rate speculation seem like fiddling while Rome burns.
Basically, the West has been backing the wrong guys. The long-term prognosis for the Middle East almost certainly will not be the stable oil source controlled by the House of Saud that Western foreign and energy policy depended on.
Sobering.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/c...ry/4od#3170212
#8
Slob
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Ottineau
Posts: 6,342
Re: The price of oil...
The oilsands guys must think Christmas has come early.
#10
#11
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From Canada you would need to use a VPN account. I thought you were back in the UK though?
There are a few short interview clips here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-the-past.html
There are a few short interview clips here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-the-past.html
#12
Re: The price of oil...
From Canada you would need to use a VPN account. I thought you were back in the UK though?
There are a few short interview clips here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-the-past.html
There are a few short interview clips here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-the-past.html
#13
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For those pre metric types.......
The average price of a gallon of petrol hit £6 in the UK this week !!!!!!
Some have said that £10 a gallon is not very far away
The average price of a gallon of petrol hit £6 in the UK this week !!!!!!
Some have said that £10 a gallon is not very far away
#14
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#15
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On the issue of petrol, there is apparently a planned day of protest in Saudi Arabia coming up tomorrow. I'm pretty worried about it all - if it kicks off there is going to be some serious hikes in prices, and people will be dreaming of the days they were paying $1.30.
Hopefully it all blows over peacefully.
Hopefully it all blows over peacefully.