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In the 70's, it was OPEC. In the present, it's COPEC.
By Tim Schieferecke Posted in National Security — Comments (30) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
We all remember how oil prices spiked in the 70's when OPEC used oil as a weapon. We can remember their stated reasons for doing so. What it really came down to in the end was them flexing their little Arab muscles and demanding we notice how "important" they were. They were ultimately hurting themselves, and the insanity finally ended.
Fast forward to today. Today we have another group that willfully withholds a vast oil supply from the markets. Unlike OPEC though, they have as yet been hurt very little by their actions. They hide behind so called "environmental concerns", and environmental concerns have provided adequate cover for them to continue operating so far.
What this organization does is sickening. They place official spike strips in front of sound energy policy. They blow the tires out of energy independence and plant "evidence" on our beloved oil companies, blaming them for our current woes. It's psychotic and un-American. These companies are the heart of our very existence, pumping the lifeblood of our success.
What organization am I referring too? Why haven't you heard of this nefarious group so far? The answer is simple, I'm presenting the term COPEC into the lexicon of our common discourse for the first time. I would dearly like to have your opinion on whether or not it is an adequately definitive term to readily identify our political enemies of energy independence.
COPEC- Congresspersons Opposed To Petroleum Extraction in our Country. In its abbreviated form, COPEC has a catchy sound reminescent of the woes that OPEC brought to us in the 70's. If this term were to gain widespread use, I believe it could be used to gain compliance from wishy washy enviro-wacko leaning Congresspersons. They wouldn't want to be categorized as being a member of COPEC. Labels are extremely powerful ideological weapons. I'd like to know what you think of this one.
Thanks gamecock, I think it's about time we define some of the
by Tim Schieferecke
terms. We've allowed the libs to set the tone of discourse for way too long. It's time to use the English language against them.
Tim Schieferecke
BECK: See, here is the thing I don`t understand. Look, Norway -- how many tree-hugging caribou lovers are in Norway? And yet, they are drilling offshore like crazy, using our technology.
KING: There are more people living in metropolitan Houston than there are in all of Norway. But the Norwegians have -- they have it both ways.
They hug the trees, they have a good environment, and they drill like crazy in the North Sea, and in the far north, in the Baring Sea. I mean, you should see some of the equipment, some of the technology that these three million Norwegians have developed. It is world class, world-beating technology.
It gets back to what you said earlier about how, you know, we`re running the race but everybody is passing us. If we don`t develop our own technology in the U.S., if we don`t let our own industry, you know, work on our own offshore, I mean, now we have got the Norwegians coming over here teaching us how to do it.
I`m glad they`re here. They`re nice people. And the girls are incredibly good looking. But look, hey, this is America, and we need to do it our way.
The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better.
Dr. Theodore Dalrymple
Houston's Offshore Technology Conference...
by Vladimir
...a huge offshore oil-production trade show, wrapped up today. I made it over for a few hours. Make no mistake, American technology takes a backseat to no one, but there is plenty of presence from all over the world: the UK, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates all come to mind, but one country's presence was impossible to ignore: CHINA, both in terms of the number of attendees and the number and size of the booths of Chinese companies.
While the other countries promote their own National Oil Companies and (typically) some niche manufacturers, China is in the rig-building business (and interested in selling their rigs in the States). Other companies have technology & know-how; China has the manufacturing muscle.
You are right, Tim. It is a travesty that our political leaders (and I'll criticize my industry's leadership & trade organizations, too), have allowed kooks, tree-huggers and anti-capitalists to completely set the agenda. Just a little unbiased education would go a long, long way.
The time when we are well served by John Q. Public's near-total ignorance of the energy business is well past.
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. - Frank Zappa
Let's launch the COPEC missile and guide it straight through
by Tim Schieferecke
the air-vent of their environmental bunker. Let's get em' on the run boys and girls!
Tim Schieferecke
I *heart* you Mr. Tim .....
by eburke
COPEC- Congresspersons Opposed To Petroleum Extraction in our Country.
An instant classic! May I use with my uninformed, uninitiated officemates? (With attribution, of course)
"All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
great sig line - nt
by gamecock
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Why thanks, GC...
by eburke
I'm rather fond of yours myself :-)
"All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
eburke, go forth like Paul and spread the word. Thanks! n/t
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Tim Schieferecke
I'm a sucker for an acronym. Well done Tim. n/t
by simpson316
Thanks Simpson. Feel free to use the term with extreme
by Tim Schieferecke
prejudice. They're like Custer at the Bighorn when it comes to energy policy. Let's be like the Sioux, no survivors. The COPEC coalition needs to meet its Waterloo!
Tim Schieferecke
I wouldn't mind a shoot out at the O.K. Corral (as long as we get to be the Earp and Watson team). More in keeping with the spirit of upcoming showdown.
who's your Huckleberry? Hound - nt
by gamecock
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You stumped me with that reference
by civil truth
Though if you're comparing me with Huckleberry Hound, it's probably not a complimentary comment - or at least something I shouldn't take too seriously. I'm too braindead to try to unwrap the enigma further.
Or should I call animal control?
doc holliday in tombstone - nt
by gamecock
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superb, Tim!
by E Pluribus Unum
I like!
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J
Thanks EPU. People will instantly make the connection.
by Tim Schieferecke
Words are our most effective weapon to attack the libs. I'm tired of feeling like living in a game of whack-a-mole. We've let them control the discourse way too long. There are 'Words That Work', and there are words that stab and twist the blade. This term could do a lot of damage to the libs congressionally if enough folks start using it.
Tim Schieferecke
I saw the interview with O'Reilly
by Shoebox
Last night and McCain was great until again, he said he wouldn't drill in ANWR anymore than in the Grand Canyon. Other than the extreme greenies, that comparison is not going to work and in fact makes his argument seem trite. The gas issue will be significant in this year's election. Obama has nothing but "creating green jobs" with no plan to bridge any mythical "green fuel" implementation. This is an issue that McCain could really use to his advantage but I don't see him ready to lead for any seriously expanded oil exploration.
Citizens may have to simply take it into their own hands and drill for our own damn oil. A Miami Tea party?
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You're right, but let me add one little caveat Shoebox.
by Tim Schieferecke
And that is YET. During the leadup to the general election, I fully expect Senator McCain to become much more conservative. He has to. He has to start generating a lot more campaign $$$ than he has thusfar, and the only way to start doing that is to appeal to the base. He worries too much about holding onto the independents and conservative Democrats. They are going to be there for him anyway because of two words; Senator Obama. The Democrats I know will not vote for him. As long as Senator McCain lends support towards policies like oil exploration without getting too jingoistic, nobody will fault him for his turnabout. Heck, he's already started doing that with ethanol. I know the doom and gloom stories about the Rs being routed this November, maybe they're true. But we have historic problems right now, and everything could turn on a dime for the Rs if they would just become vocal and take common-sense conservative stands. I pray God that they do.
Tim Schieferecke
COPEC is not copecetic n/t
by swamp_yankee
COPEC is not copecetic n/t
Over 120 billion barrels of oil... right here
by scottbomb
Rush was talking about this yesterday. Over 120 bil. barrels of oil and TRILLIONS of cubic feet of natural gas - right here in the US - and we're not allowed to touch it.
I wonder if there might be someone else, besides the tree-hugging hippy commies, keeping us from drilling our own oil. I wonder if just maybe those oil speculators who are driving up the price on a daily basis might also be in on the game. Pure "speculation" on my part. It's about as logical as current oil "supply fears".
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. --- John Adams
scottbomb, my bet is that there is even more oil than that.
by Tim Schieferecke
Since our great oil companies have been denied access to 85% of our continental shelves, there is no way of knowing how much is there. We'll never know as long as we allow COPEC to withhold access with their asinine green policies. With the oil situation the way it is, I think the backlash is coming very soon. It will be a historic tsunami of epic proportions. Please help me introduce this damning term into common usage. We haven't created enough terminology to adequately define the scurge of liberalism. We need short but sweet terms to paint the left with in our fight against them. I think COPEC could help destroy them. Have a good weekend.
Tim Schieferecke
555 - nt
by gamecock
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"I wonder if there might be someone else, besides the tree-hugging hippy commies, keeping us from drilling our own oil."
Start with Florida.
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. - Frank Zappa
Vladimir, I think you could answer this...
by Tim Schieferecke
I don't know if it's true, but I've heard that one of the prevailing theories about the Bermuda Triangle involves methane gas. Supposedly, there is a huge supply of it off of Florida, and when it bubbles out naturally, it can make a ship lose its buoyancy and sink like a stone. Any truth to this?
Tim Schieferecke
yes that is true
by kyle8
the methane emanates from the Florida Supreme Court.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Gas hydrates.
by Vladimir
So the theory goes -- I can't validate it.
Anyway, at certain combinations of pressure & temprature, methane can forma solid phase, like an ice, that has water entrapped in its crystal lattice. Hydrates are abundant on the North Slope of Alaska and there is research ongoing about how to commercially exploit it without causing heartburn in polar bears and caribou.
Some people think that there are deposits of hydrates in the B.T. that from time to time burp to the surface & vaporize. That would cause the water column to lose buoyancy (sinking any ship) and the high atmospheric concentration would screw up any nearby engine, thereby bring down planes.
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. - Frank Zappa
First, of course, is that these events would have to happen with enought frequency to actually cause the multiplicity of events attributed to the Bermuda Triangle, especially given the area that encompasses the BT.
Secondly, the events would have to involve rather huge quantities of hydrates so as to cause a significant local effect, especially given the dispersive effects of tides, winds, and storms.
Thirds, given how long ago these deposits would have been formed, we'd have to have an enormous reservoit of hydrates in order to keep the process going for millions of years.
This would imply an incredibly huge quantity of hydrates conveniently and uniquely positioned at this particular location in the world - deposits that despite their immensity have not actually been detected yet despite scientific advances in detection.
My initial sense is that this theory of the Bermuda Triangle seems far more probable...
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