[Culturechat] Swiss Analysis of Iraq & Peak World Oil Production

Mon, 31 May 2004 13:50:33 EDT

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http://www.currentconcerns.ch/archive/2004/01/20040118.php

This is a very good summary of the geopolitical aspects of Iraq and Peak Oil, 
from a Swiss online journal.   J. Brown

Excerpts:

"It is increasingly clear that the US occupation of Iraq is about control of 
global oil resources. Control, however, in a situation where world oil 
supplies are far more limited than most of the world has been led to believe. If the 
following is accurate, the Iraq war is but the first in a major battle over 
global 
energy resources, a battle which will be more intense than any oil war to 
date. The stakes are highest. It is about fixing who will get how much oil for 
their economy at what price and who not. Never has such a choke-hold on the 
world economy been in the hands of one power. After occupation of Iraq it appears 
it is.

"If the peak oil analysis is accurate, it suggests why Washington may be 
willing to risk so much to control Iraq and through its bases there, the five 
oil-rich countries. It suggests Washington is acting from a fundamental strategic 
weakness, not from absolute strength as is often thought. A full and open 
debate on the problem of peak energy is urgently needed."

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