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Russia Co. to Sell Crude Oil to U.S.
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| ANGELA CHARLTON
Posted on 05/30/2002 2:21:04 PM PDT by Dallas
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:21:04 PM PDT
by
Dallas
To: Dallas
Interesting... methinks that has helped motivate the Everglades decision. We just got ourselves a couple of new drop tanks, and these are big drop tanks. Particularly Eastern Siberia. That's an area like the North Shore of Alaska. Might as well take advantage of that.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:29:16 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: Dallas
This and only this will stop the spread of the Islam psychosis.
The big bucks being pumped into the middle east for oil is what is giving this whole fiasco its impetus.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:30:05 PM PDT
by
eFudd
To: hchutch
...We just got ourselves a couple of new drop tanks,... What's a drop tank?
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:32:09 PM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: SGCOS
An external tank placed on an airplane to give it additional range. If combat is likely, or if they go dry, you can drop the tanks.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:33:23 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: hchutch; mafree; Grampa Dave
I think the East Siberian resources would be economical for Japan, with which it could replace Arab oil. I believe the gas and oil in Sakhalin Island are intended for Japan - and deals were formalized and secured after 9/11 - the biggest impediments to earlier development apparently being Russian and provincial bureaucracy and mindsets.
Thanks Osama!
Lots of energy news today.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:33:49 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Dallas
President Bush is absolutely brillant!!!!!
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:38:39 PM PDT
by
jokemoke
To: Shermy
If the Opecker Princes lose the Japanese oil market, and we start cutting our dependence on Opec oil, they are in a world of trouble.
You have had excellent insight to what they have been doing and why re all of the oil outside of the Opecker Magic Kingdom!
Their financing and grooming of OBL with the subsequent mass murder attack of 9/11, may have been the beginning of their murderous Cartel, Opec!
To: jokemoke
I sure give Bush credit on this front. I doubt that Rove had any saying into this.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:42:16 PM PDT
by
Digger
To: Dallas; Miss Marple
Thanks Dallas for this story.
Kudos to Yukos!
Miss Marple another example of our stealth president in action under the noses of the leftist maggots who control the media. Slowly but surely he is smashing the Opec cartel. Without our petro$'s, the Opecker Princes can't finance terrorism, Jimmy Carter, the Clintoon and probably the envirals who work 24/7 to keep us dependent on Opecker oil.
To: Grampa Dave
And of course, by the time the Russians and our domestic sources run out (if ever), we could have new technology that renders the Persian Gulf irrelevant.
Yob tvoyu mat, Osama!
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:45:14 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: jokemoke
President Bush is absolutely brillant!!!!!If Bush were brilliant, he would have told his daddy 10 years agos to develop other sources of energy than the Middle East. Instead Daddy decided to maintain the status quo and wage the Gulf War instead. Well, it's what his oil buddies want.
Oil is vital to the health of the American economy. Energy policy is what created Ossam bin Laden in the first place. But I suppose this may be a start.
Brilliant would be forcing Congress to open up domestic sources of oil, like Alaska. But Bush just took the Florida gulf coast out of the picture by caving in to the environmentalists. I don't call that brilliant. I call it cheap politics.
To: Dallas
It looks like the LAMEstream media is giving this minimal coverage in hopes that "if we don't report it, it didn't happen" continues to dumbify the American public. However, we are becoming more aware of other sources for news and the "handlers" of world events are about to become insignificant.
To: stripes1776
Unfortunately, you sometiems have to play cheap politics.
The votes are not there for ANWR right now. That's the fact, and I cry myself a river, build a bridge, GET OVER IT, and work to make sure the votes are there when it comes up again.
But de-funding Islamic terror is a must, and to do that, we need a new supply of oil. Hence, Russia, which has so much, we can move to them, and even pull back a little until we have a better political situation in the Senate.
Politics, yes. But ignoring it will cause you to lose elections, and if you lose elections, you don't have any effect on policy or legislation.
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posted on
05/30/2002 2:54:43 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: Dallas; hchutch
What is most interesting is that this agreement was given little if any attention in the mainstream press. I saw articles on it in a St. Petersburg, Florida paper, Business week, and an overseas business publication. Nothing in the big eastern papers or on television.
Americans would instinctively know that this is a direct result of President Bush's wise decision to make a friend of Russia. I guess we can't have that, now can we?
To: stripes1776; summer
You are obviously uninformed about the Gulf Coast drilling. The Gulf Coast is NOT out of the picture. I am pinging summer who has the information.
To: Grampa Dave
I see you have spotted another excellent move by the Stealth President, who operates on what is best for this country, despite the whining of the Axis of Weasels.
This has the potential to be more than just help in the present war on terror.
It also is a big blow to China.
To: Miss Marple
I have spoken to a few people over the last day or so (not on FR :) ) who have mentioned why the media does not comment on these big changes with Russia, except to comment about a few nutty protesters in Russia. I say they don't understand it, it can't be "Sharon-ized" for simple digestion, and the media can't give Bush II credit for anything.
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posted on
05/30/2002 3:04:13 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Dallas
Good. Anything we can do to help Russia develop its untapped oil resources, especially in Siberia will be good for us both. I presume these oil shipments from Russia will be going into the strategic reserve to replace what Clinton/Gore siphoned off to buy votes.
Does anyone know what the quality of the Russian crude is? How does it compare to Arabian light crude?
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posted on
05/30/2002 3:09:20 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: hchutch
Politics, yes. But ignoring it will cause you to lose elections...Well said. There is also another strategic way to look at this. The longer we use "other peoples" oil, the longer our own "in ground" resources will be preserved if they are ever needed. While I am all for drilling where ever we find oil, I do not mind keeping our oil in the ground while other cheap resources exist. This requires longer range thinking than many people are willing to engage in even environmentalists.
Another fact often overlooked is this. Even if we find an alternative fuel source that can replace Gasoline tomorrow, we will still need oil. There are many products ranging from lubricants, plastics to synthetics that are made from crude oil and its by-products. Some analysts see the demand for them increasing in the future. Oil means more than just gas for our cars - remember that. The more of our own crude we keep in the ground for future use, the better.
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posted on
05/30/2002 3:25:43 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
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