Originally Posted By: Panzerman
I Think the original idea was lets use all the oil in the middle East first, then tap into our own supplies. Problem is China is already looking into Canada. Everybody thinks oil isnt worth fighting over, that I believe is a nice sediment, but could not be further from the truth. Wars were fought over alot less, and China is not about to cut industry and I dont think the U.S is going to change our way of life anytime soon and Russia is not going to let us expand any more in the middle East,I think Iran being the next conquest, so Id say the next 5 to 10 years (if not sooner) are going to be interesting, to say the least.
So you do believe in peak oil, but don't believe we're close to the peak yet?
Military power depends on oil, so unless the world's leaders decide they don't care about their own military power and its relation to that of other nations, I believe we are indeed headed toward some worldwide drama.
I Think the original idea was lets use all the oil in the middle East first, then tap into our own supplies. Problem is China is already looking into Canada. Everybody thinks oil isnt worth fighting over, that I believe is a nice sediment, but could not be further from the truth. Wars were fought over alot less, and China is not about to cut industry and I dont think the U.S is going to change our way of life anytime soon and Russia is not going to let us expand any more in the middle East,I think Iran being the next conquest, so Id say the next 5 to 10 years (if not sooner) are going to be interesting, to say the least.
So you do believe in peak oil, but don't believe we're close to the peak yet?
Military power depends on oil, so unless the world's leaders decide they don't care about their own military power and its relation to that of other nations, I believe we are indeed headed toward some worldwide drama.