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In a nutshell Ukraine (or rather its puppetmasters) has decided to let no crisis (staged or otherwise) or rather civil war, go to waste, and while the fighting rages all around, Ukrainian troopers are helping to install shale gas production equipment near the east Ukrainian town of Slavyansk, which was bombed and shelled for the three preceding months, according to local residents cited by Itar Tass. The reason for the scramble? Under peacetime, the process was expected to take many years, during which Europe would be under the energy dictatorship of Putin. But throw in some civil war and few will notice let alone care that a process which was expected to take nearly a decade if not longer while dealing with broad popular objections to fracking, may instead be completed in months!
The punchline: who will develop the gas field in conjunction with Shell (jointly owned by the Netherlands and the UK: the two countries that loathe Putin the most in the aftermath of the MH-17 disaster) which in May 2012 announced a tender for the right to develop the Yuzovka shale gas deposit?
Could this entire ordeal in the Ukraine be over oil? If so, that's sad.
Funny how the top people in societies will jeopardize the health and future welfare of millions of people just so they can make a buck and stay at the top in society. I suppose that is the way it is and the way it is going to be.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Funny how the top people in societies will jeopardize the health and future welfare of millions of people just so they can make a buck and stay at the top in society.
originally posted by: BrianFlanders
originally posted by: rickymouse
Funny how the top people in societies will jeopardize the health and future welfare of millions of people just so they can make a buck and stay at the top in society.
What would you do if you were at the top and people made it pretty clear that they hate you? I'm not saying you're wrong about what they do. But why should they care?
The bottom line really never changes no matter where you're sitting in a society. Everyone is selfish when it comes right down to it. And to deny that is counterproductive to any kind of protest. Never start protesting from the position of self-righteousness. I'd guess that most people would not do anything different if they were in power. There's a reason everyone wants to be in power but no one wants to be ruled.
In order to be effective against people like this in an argument, you have to understand why they do what they do and you have to admit it is not because they are evil. It's human nature.
originally posted by: rickymouse
I know plenty of people who are not selfish and do not mess with what others have to make a living. Not everyone is dishonest. Not everyone takes advantage of others on their way up the ladder.