Re: Saudi Snub
Reply #16 –
Ive been thinking about the broader scheme of all this stuff.
According to this meaty article:
http://dieoff.org/page140.htm
We are generally finding less new oil than we are using as of 2010. What does this mean for us moving forward?? Generally, power shift. The arab nations have enjoyed the influence and power that comes with owning the resources in the middle east, and its starting to dwindle. This might be what the birth of terrorism is all about. I tend to look at state sponsored terrorism more skeptically than most.
I have yet to meet anyone that takes action for no good reason. The motivation of gains are generally driven by the same constants over time. Fiscal/Power. Everything else is a smokescreen. This isnt about Religion IMHO. The oil reserves are depleting at a faster rate than they are filling, and we are starting to look at non traditional methods of getting it in places where it was much more difficult to get than ever before.
That tells me everything we need to know about where it is going. The emergence of Tesla is also not a coincidence. Those cars show that powered vehicles are the way forward.
What does this mean?? Get ready for much more instability and war, returning to what it has always been about. Money and Power shift. The hard part to figure out is who has the power, but consider this for a moment. USA and the Saudis are effectively the major players in terms of power in the middle east. To give everyone an idea of just how deep and historically powerful, look at the creation of the modern Israeli state. They have their way of establishing power. I have no doubt that this has as much to do with "regime change" as anything else. I wasnt surprised to find Iraq once was a major player in the oil world. no longer. I wonder why...