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julianj on April 27, 2006 - 11:04am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
I saw this on the telly and got hopping mad.  It was the ludicrous graph No 2, where we go up to 80 bn barrels per year!  I tried to phone the BBC to complain, but before I got through I decided that I was too angry to make sense and put the phone down.

But it really is annoying that the BBC should put out BS like this, and implicate ASPO in this nonsense too.  Cause for complaint indeed.  Has anyone told Colin or Jake?

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Chris Vernon on April 27, 2006 - 11:16am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I've sent word to Colin but haven't heard back from him yet.
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Backstop on April 28, 2006 - 7:32am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Chris - seeing as you're in touch with Campbell, there are some questions regarding the Rimini Protocal that I'd really like to see clarified.

Try as I have, I'm stuck on a series of points.

1/. Why should nations/regimes who believe they can gain relative wealth & power through the post-peak stresses be interested ?

2/. Why should developing nations accept a pro rata decline of oil usage with the major consumers ?

3/. Where is the sufficiently cogent motivation (pre-crash) for transforming the global oil business from maximum obscurantism to total reserve transparency ?

4/. What are the principles under which the desiderata list of objectives will be decided ?

Various other questions are pending, but I'd be glad if you can clarify these at all.

regards,

Backstop

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