Big time Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 From a selfish point of view, this recent wave of uprisings in the arab world against repressive regimes is bad news for us in terms of fuel prices, energy and food costs etc. The likes of Gaddafi and Mubarak did the west a favour by supressing their people, making them live simply, leaving the worlds resources to be exploited mainly by us in the west, fairly cheeply; but now the people of the arab world want to live like westerners, and if these revolutions are succesful, they may just get their wish, so there will be more demand for resources making them more expensive for everyone. The west must be mad getting involved in these uprisings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDeville Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Hopefully the new so-called free libya remebers to sell us fuel a lot chepaer than they do now. Hopefully the greed b@stards at number 10 won't raise the tax on fuel to 92%. Syria is a good place to attack as thry have several hundred billion barrels of oil in reserve. Cameron fears Iran but like libya, syria and Iran are oprsed and easy peasy for the French and us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 <removed> The notion of liberal democracy is welcome in a sea of Arab tyrannies and it's the best shot they have. The oil price will lower because Gaddaffi is`yesterday's man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 but they have, more or less, got democracy and democracy is important and valuable it's so important and valuable that our leaders have taken it away from us and put it in a safe place where no one can get at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Chaos Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 From a selfish point of view, this recent wave of uprisings in the arab world against repressive regimes is bad news for us in terms of fuel prices, energy and food costs etc. The likes of Gaddafi and Mubarak did the west a favour by supressing their people, making them live simply, leaving the worlds resources to be exploited mainly by us in the west, fairly cheeply; but now the people of the arab world want to live like westerners, and if these revolutions are succesful, they may just get their wish, so there will be more demand for resources making them more expensive for everyone. The west must be mad getting involved in these uprisings Britain produces enough oil to keep nearly 70% of Britain alive.But our government will continue to buy abroad and charge us big bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 From a selfish point of view, this recent wave of uprisings in the arab world against repressive regimes is bad news for us in terms of fuel prices, energy and food costs etc. The likes of Gaddafi and Mubarak did the west a favour by supressing their people, making them live simply, leaving the worlds resources to be exploited mainly by us in the west, fairly cheeply; but now the people of the arab world want to live like westerners, and if these revolutions are succesful, they may just get their wish, so there will be more demand for resources making them more expensive for everyone. The west must be mad getting involved in these uprisings Maybe it's completely rational for the bankers and traders and the elites. Anything that bumps up the price of anything (and nearly anything is a tradeable commodity these days) will offer increased profits and increased concentration of wealth at elite level. They don't care about us or the arabs - they just want to make money. So yeah we'll have to pay more but the elites will be happy because they will profit from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Britain produces enough oil to keep nearly 70% of Britain alive.But our government will continue to buy abroad and charge us big bucks. We also have hundreds of years of coal reserves and carbon capture technology very close to being viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 British people can't afford to pay any higher for fuel, food, etc. So something will have to give. Perhaps the greedy middle men will have to take less of a cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I don't think the West is mad to get involved, especially in Libya. We're the natural customers for Libyan oil especially in Europe, being so close just across the Mediterranean. I'm not sure where the idea that Gaddafi "did the west a favour by suppressing their people, making them live simply, leaving the worlds resources to be exploited mainly by us in the west, fairly cheaply" comes from. In fact Gaddafi nationalised the foreign oil companies shortly after coming to power. Nationalisation (or a 51% share) of foreign ownership of oil reserves was Gaddafi's great achievement and has been followed by many countries including the UK with our North Sea reserves. The UK government has an automatic 51% ownership of any British oilfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 eventually, it will be the Arab/Muslim powers that will benefit the most, from the Arab spring. More than the western powers. that is exactly what it was supposed to be about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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