Posts Tagged ‘fossil fuel dependency’

Dubai Ports World, Halliburton, and our democracy

Posted February 27th, 2006 in Blog 0 Comments

What is behind the plaintive œWhat’s the big deal complaint we hear from administration officials about the sale of operations at 6 major US ports to a company owned by the emir of Dubai and his government?  Some journalists have drawn the map for us.  It should probably not surprise us by now, but we find behind [...]

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Attack on Saudi oil refinery

Posted February 26th, 2006 in Blog 1 Comment

Friday’s attack on a major oil processing complex in Saudi Arabia illustrates the problem of oil dependency.  Two thirds of the country’s oil exports are processed through this complex.  Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility. On this evening’s news, CNN notes that world oil supplies right now are very tight and it would take little to [...]

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