US military foresees huge oil shortage (and endless wars because of it)

[Echo In Light]

See Mad Max for one vision of what this might mean.

MCM

US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015
* Shortfall could reach 10m barrels a day, report says
* Cost of crude oil is predicted to top $100 a barrel

Terry Macalister Sunday 11 April 2010 18.47 BST

The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact.

The energy crisis outlined in a Joint Operating Environment report from the US Joint Forces Command, comes as the price of petrol in Britain reaches record levels and the cost of crude is predicted to soon top $100 a barrel.

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2010/04/us-military-foresees-huge-oil-shortage-and-endless-wars-because-of-it/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/peak-oil-production-supply

[blindpig]

1. And so they burn it at breakneck pace

logic only a capitalist could love.

k&r

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Military uses way over 144 million barrels of oil PER YEAR.

And that is a 2004 figure..

http://www.energybulletin.net/node/13199

So we are burning thru the equivalent of Greece's 2004 annual oil use just to defend dwindling supplies of oil..


:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[damntexdem]

3. See the episode of MI-5 where the 'secret' plan was revealed:

the U.S. and Britain were conspiring to claim all of the world's energy reserves and dominate the rest of the world as the crises hit.

For that matter, TV show episodes? Just pay attention to the Evening News.

[Echo In Light]

4. Bump

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. This really should have seen by more people, methinks.

Notice is the ARMY giving the warning, not our ..not any..government.
Interesting.