Re: I see your are implacable in your position. You refuse even to entertain, even as an outside possibility, that oil could be a factor in the Iraqi war.
Actually, I'm willing to entertain that oil is a rationalization used by Judeoconservatives to conceal their ideological motives... "Oil" is an opportune bone thrown at the leftists --both inside and outside the US-- for them to gnaw at... After all, as I pointed out previously, it's much more comforting for Judeoconservatives to watch anti-war demonstrators waving signs that read "NO WAR FOR OIL" than signs that read "NO WAR FOR ISRAEL"!
Then again, if, as you insist, oil is paramount to US elites then the Pentagon is barking up the wrong tree: the US military should be redeployed in Canada! Time for the yanks to occupy Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba! For, with crude oil at $50/bbl, Canada's oil sands are a steal:
TAR SANDS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Tar sands are impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon and require further processing other than mechanical blending before becoming finished petroleum products. Until recently Alberta's bitumen deposits were known as tar sands but are now called oil sands. Oil sands are deposits of bitumen; viscous oil that must be rigorously treated in order to convert it into an upgraded crude oil before it can be used in refineries to produce gasoline and other fuels. Bitumen is about 10-12 % of the actual oil sands found in Alberta. The remaining 80-85 % is mineral matter, including clay and sands, and around 4-6% water. While conventional crude oil is either pumped from the ground or flows naturally, oil sands must be mined or recovered in situ (meaning in place). Oil sands recovery processes include extraction and separation systems to remove the bitumen from the sand and water. Oil sands currently represent 40% of Alberta's total oil production and about one-third of all the oil produced by Canada. By 2005, oil sands production is expected to represent 50% of Canada's total crude oil output and 10% of North American production. Although tar sands occur in more than 70 countries, the two largest are Canada and Venezuela, with the bulk being found in four different regions of Alberta, Canada: areas of Athabasca, Wabasha, Cold Lake and Peace River. The sum of these covers an area of nearly 77,000 km2. In fact, the reserve that is deemed to be technologically retrievable today is estimated at 280-300Gb (billion barrels). This is larger than the Saudi Arabia oil reserves, which are estimated at 240Gb. The total reserves for Alberta, including oil not recoverable using current technology, are estimated at 1,700- 2,500Gb.
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