tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post292597071456737868..comments2023-05-11T04:57:33.365-07:00Comments on Trees For Lunch: Why is Estonia Beating us in Oil Shale Development?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-20213199720025396552011-07-28T19:45:07.663-07:002011-07-28T19:45:07.663-07:00I found a blog entry about the supposed Gull Islan...I found a blog entry about the supposed Gull Island find. Seems inconclusive though. <a href="http://wilco278.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/mr-williams-and-gull-island-oil/" rel="nofollow">Link</a>J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-68001837129241148002011-07-28T19:44:06.146-07:002011-07-28T19:44:06.146-07:00Along those same lines...
I recall an interview f...Along those same lines...<br /><br />I recall an interview from years ago with a Baptist minister who felt that his calling was ministering to pipeline workers in Alaska.<br /><br />He was well liked for his work by the oil company and he recounted being called into the executives office the day after a big oil strike and was told that this one find would be enough to power America for years.<br /><br />The next day he (allegedly) was told to forget about the previous day's conversation by the oil exec and that the find would not be developed until oil hit <i>X</i> dollars per barrel.<br /><br />He stated that the find was on Gull Island, Alaska in case it ever comes into the news again.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-5174258101759649332011-07-28T18:09:14.486-07:002011-07-28T18:09:14.486-07:00I think the answer comes down to political will to...<i>I think the answer comes down to political will to get the job done. </i><br /><br />Here's my theory as to why the political will appears absent, and I welcome any criticism of it, as it's just a theory and I am not emotionally attached to it:<br /><br />OPEC countries are slowly running out of oil. OPEC knows this, and our government knows it too. The strategy here is to hold on to our own reserves for as long as possible, so that when OPEC finally runs out of oil, we become the last place on Earth to have it, and we use our monopolistic position to sell it to the world at an astronomical price, for record profit. Imagine a future where Saudi Arabia is importing their oil from Alaska...<br /><br />Just a theory.Gun-Toting Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257243603888510320noreply@blogger.com