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callady (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:13 PM Original message |
Kuwaits Biggest Field Starts to Run Out of Oil (World's 2nd Largest) |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe this is why oil companies |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. That's right and more 'gas' stations have closed |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Did we stop them from slant drilling? n/t |
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callady (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Only April Glaspie Knows |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah, that was one of the big issues for the Gulf War - Kuwait was |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The current government in Iraq has already accused Kuwait of stealing |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Also, the exact same ports are in contention as well |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Looks like Kunstler, Deffeyes, Goodstein, and Lovins were right. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. What we are seeing is a change of wealth from the rich Sauds |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. i remember clinton telling the saudis they should invest |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Anybody have an idea as to what the Arab countries will look |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. ". . . religious and backward" like the U.S. is becoming? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Yeah, kind of like that. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. The Saudi Royal Family is hoping that dissidents can be kept at bay, |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. lets see- iraq has the 2nd largest fields |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No, ANWR has the biggest oil fields! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. A right wing idiot... |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There’s a glitch in the “alternatives will solve everything” argument |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks for the Welcome. :-) |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We're a consumer-based society |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 07:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. One problem with coal, |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. This would not surprise me one bit, |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. good list but lots of natural alternatives |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm a big proponent of natural alternatives |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. My first thought was CORN oil, and other plant oils (canola, etc.) |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. The problem with corn |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. *Ahem* Hemp - |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Hemp heart valves? |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. and soybeans. |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 06:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Very informative links - thanks! n/t |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Hemp questions |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. we'd need to grow billions upon billions of hemp plants |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "each acre of hemp can produce 1,000 gallons of methanol per year" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Don't fret about it ... |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Time for the Georgia Guidestones |
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LunaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. A barrel of hemp oil currently costs $3433! Totally impractical! |
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slor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 05:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Have you called your reps about H.R. 3037? |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. No, but I will. |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. For those who care about saving the world... |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 06:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Gee how did we live without plastic? NT |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. We only had one billion people. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Ever been bitten by a horsefly? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Ever been in a traffic jam? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Fine. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Yes, I have been bitten by a horsefly, but that didn't |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. My grandparents didn't agree with you. n/t |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I was born before plastic but after oil |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Guess we revert to the pre-oil times, then |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. What about thermal depolymerization |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Thank you. |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Don't forget pesticides and the Ag industry N/T. |
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vogonity (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Hair? (n/t) |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. Good post LunaC |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. My personal suspicion |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Welcome to DU! |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. Possible connection to the post-Gulf War I "production" environment |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. And so it begins.. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think this sums it up nicely. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Does anyone have the link to the Bloomberg reference to this? |
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angryxyouth (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Lets not forget anything carbon based can be turned into oil. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Absolutely. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. No big deal, just put them on a pump. |
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speedingbullet (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. Sputter, Sputter... |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. oil isnt going to dissappear anytime soon... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. Lovely talk about alternatives but so much resistance to conservation tech |
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