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Old 12-29-2008, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
Like in real estate, it is all about the Location. Remove oil from the ME and the fighting will bother nobody. Problem is that where they are they are fighting over a sandbox WE want to play in. That is why we are involved.
Eventually two things will happen:

1. they run out of oil in the ME; or
1. we finally geyt our act together and find meaningful alternatives to carbon-based fuels.

When either one of those events occurs, they will:

1. lose whatever power they have now; and
2. will once again become irrelevant.
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