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To: RealMuLan who wrote (25365)	3/10/2005 8:48:40 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 116555

Oil market Transparency is dead ... long live transparency! By Sohbet Karbuz Mar 7, 2005, 19:31 Email this article Printer friendly page Editor’s comment: The G7’s request that the IEA audit the supply and demand of oil more closely, is transparent itself in its demand that oil-producing countries open their markets to multi-national corporations in order to meet the energy needs of their own countries. The U.S. is the prime example of a corporate-controlled government with no compunctions about violating the economic sovereignty of other countries in order to feed its voracious addiction to petroleum. The sort of “auditing” to be conducted of oil resources in various countries, with a view to exploiting those resources, is just such a violation, which the Russian government addresses head-on, as quoted in this article, "any country has the right to use its natural advantages to achieve its national interests". (Upstream, February 25, 2005). The State wants strategically important deposits to be developed first and foremost by Russian companies. This is somehow interpreted as unacceptable.” The United States government has made it clear that any such attitude, in any country, concerning its sovereignty and control over its own resources is, indeed, “unacceptable”. From Russia, to the Middle East, to Venezuela, the U.S. government, which can no longer be viewed as a separate entity from its controlling corporate interests, has demonstrated a determination, by covert and overt means, by coercion and military force, to force privatization of any resource it deems desirable. Disregard for national sovereignty and the right of a country’s people to control their own resources and the development of their resources - is the most “transparent” motivation for U.S. and G7 policies. That disregard is also the greatest threat to those countries’ security, prosperity, peace, and self-determination. – Beth Moore, Editor, Axis of Logic axisoflogic.com

To: RealMuLan who wrote (25365)	3/11/2005 5:40:42 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Yiwu - These malthusian / pessimist / ethnocentric aren't even high in the think tank category, let alone have much real input to decisions. China's growth will slow down for a number of reasons, one of the good ones being that with the spread of higher wages and prosperity, people will not need to work as long and will start to have more leisure time. Jay will have cornered all sorts of beach front property by then... ***** A possibly more useful question - any ski resorts in China ?