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Originally posted by Satyr
Do you seriously think they're going to stop?
Originally posted by 10DeadInside10
When do you think the pipeline will be opened and fully operational?
Artificially elevated prices to help with the anxiety build up.
Originally posted by Bob88
I thought the blackout had something to do with the current high prices?
It does hurt! my total daily commute is over 70 miles. When I filled up yesterday I paid $1.69 a gallon. this sucks!
Originally posted by dragonrider
Artificially elevated prices to help with the anxiety build up.
Consider this: OPEC sharply cut production during GW2 (perhaps as a silent object to our invasion?)
OPEC reconvenes Sept 7, ostensibly to discuss raising or lowering production... and also to take up the issue of the oil standard currency... (which is what got us into Iraq in the first place)
We have already rattled our sabre at both Iran and Syria, both of whom have votes in OPEC, both of whom support the currency conversion.
What happens next hinges on what Saudi Arabia will vote... although they are not as vocal in support of the currency conversion, they do support it to some extent. Saudi was largely put in place by the US, and they have veto rights over the lesser countries, so it all depends on how they vote.
My prediction:
If we feel that Saudi is likely to vote in favor of the conversion, there will likely be another 911 attack, and we will suddenly find a deffinite Saudi link (remember the current noise about Saudi support for 911?) Saddam might even pop up there. Then we roll over the Saudi border and own them like we do Iraq.