Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

[Ryan Hall]

In the diamond industry, DeBeers Diamonds owns about 90% of the diamond mines in the world.  They do this, and it is no secret.  They give out a veeeery limited number of contracts to diamond cutters and suppliers.  Furthermore, they restrict the number of diamonds and quality put onto the market in order to control price.  Of course the people who win a contract with them want another one next year, so they pay well to get it, then they charge well to keep it.  It would be absolutely incomprehensible if the oil industry didn't do this.    <how do people swallow this bunk?  by the same reasoning, oil should have surpassed $75/bbl the very day we invaded iraq.   Good point.     ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future i've never heard this term of 'the bilderbergers' before, but i don't find teh notion too farfetched.  more likely to me that their idea of safeguarding supply is simply to make it more expensive, regardless of whether it provokes economic downturn or depression.  take the fact that oil prices spiked again simply because of this tropical storm in the gulf right now; the rationale being that it could disrupt supply.   how do people swallow this bunk?  by the same reasoning, oil should have surpassed $75/bbl the very day we invaded iraq.   as far as your last comment is concerned, isn't it interesting that left wing parties and labor movements were far more widespread and mainstream *prior to (and during)* the great depression than *after* (this is especially true of the situation in the u.s.a.).?   -chris b. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Provost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:52:06 -0700 Subject: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future >From the latest ASPO Newsletter: http://www.peakoil.net/ > Expect a severe downturn in the world's economy over > the next two years as Bilderbergers try to safeguard > the remaining oil supply by taking money out of people's > hands. In a recession or, at worst, a depression, the > population will be forced to dramatically cut down their > spending habits, thus ensuring a longer supply of oil to > the world's rich as they try to figure out what to do. I know, your eyes glaze over when you hear anything about the Bilderbergers :-) Interesting idea, tho. My Dad was poor enough in the Great Depression that hey traded with their Polish neighbors for sauerkraut and potatoes. OTOH, my Mom was sort of aristocracy, and the same event hardly even broke their stride! Funny how economic downturn may even be in the best interest of the world's richest.... -K _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/

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