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CarCulture on May 17, 2006 - 3:01pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I agree that cooperation is the only real solution, as I am something of an internationalist.

However, in my studies I have never seen any precedent for sustained meaningful cooperation and have seen thousands of examples of agressive responses to resource crises, in both politics and nature.  Political science is even defined as the science of resource allocation!

I would like to think that being human offers us a choice, but the exploitation of advantage is an impulse felt by every living creature on earth.

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Todd on May 17, 2006 - 5:49pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I wouldn't surprise me that the US eventually develops similar problems due to disparities in sharing the wealth.  I can certainly see people in the GOM region getting really ticked off if "their" oil is being sent some place else while they live in poverty and others get richer.  I think this type of thinking will gain strength as the middle class is destroyed.

In fact, barring a dictatorship, it seems possible (albeit small) that the US will devolve into smaller "countries" built from states that share an area of interest.  We are already seeing states joining together in lawsuits against the Feds.

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fallout on May 18, 2006 - 9:00am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
AlanfromBigEasy (New Orleans native) often says something similar, to the effect of "just let us keep half the oil and we'll fix it ourselves!"
GOM area frustration with the federal government is growing.
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vtpeaknik on May 18, 2006 - 11:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Who is "us"?  The oil is already "kept" by the GOM-area-based corporations, but they see themselves as having no responsibility for others in the area.  The feds have nothing directly to do with this arrangement, it's called "capitalism".
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fallout on May 18, 2006 - 12:03pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
It's not my words. shrug
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