The ”Nightmare Scenario”. Thank you Saudi Arabia For Looking After Our Future

Saudi Arabia has such concern and respect for The United States and the perceptiveness of its citizenry that they feel compelled to ply us with instruction and advice. The very same nation that through its loquacious Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi regaled us back in December that it was Saudi Arabia’s “Noble Cause” to see to it that the price of oil be clawed back to at least $75 a barrel as soon as possible (please see OPEC’s Noble Cause” 12.17.08) . You see, anything less will discourage investment in new production according to our friend in Riyadh, not to speak of curtailing the purchase of yachts, palatial residencies and Ferraris, and billions upon billions to Wahhabi schools, madrassasas, mosques, social centers and charitable organizations throughout the world, teaching civility and good citizenship.

All this came about almost concurrently this week as our new President’s Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s postulated that a “revolution” in science and technology would be required if the world is to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and curb the emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat gases linked to global warming (NYTimes 2.12.2009). He thereby set forth a key goal of the new administration, this, while our friends in Saudi Arabia were instructing us otherwise.

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