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The Effects of Fossil Fuel Depletion
Can you imagine the world without using these fossil fuels? What are these? Is this important in our lives?
Fossil fuels are simply the remains of the prehistoric plants and animals that are compressed and buried down into the Earth many million years ago. These dead organisms undergo processes such as anaerobic decomposition and through time, forms into sedimentary rock like coal and liquid hydrocarbons like gas or oil.
Among the first fossil fuels that are known to man way back 1600’s, is the coal. It is very much useful in powering steam has driven locomotives and is used in producing steel, paper, concrete, and plastics. Thus, the most significant uses of this are in heat and electricity production. Moreover, coal is also a main component in making the soaps that we used every day or the aspirin that we can buy over the counter.
Next is the natural gas. This is basically a gas that comes out from the ground. It has of numerous of application to our lives like being a source of energy for cooking, heating and also in electricity generation. It was also used worldwide as a main source of heat. Among the other forms of fossil fuels, natural gas is considered as one of the safest and cleanest sources of energy here on Earth.
Another form of fossil fuel is the oil. Oil has two types – the organic oil and mineral oils. The Native Americans have discovered this oil. Thus, since its discovery, people have widely used it in cooking, cosmetics, painting and even in religion. It is also used to generate power in trains, automobiles, and plains.
See? Fossil fuels have a wide range of applications and use to our lives. It is the main source of electric power and is responsible for the world’s total energy consumption. Thus, studies show that the demands of it double every 20 years since 1900. So, is there a possibility of having a fossil fuel depletion? What are the effects of fossil fuel depletion?
Yes, fossil fuel depletion is possible. In fact, with the increment demand of fossil fuels all over the world, the supply of it in the market will continue to deplete. Thus, among the effects of it are as follows:
- Oil price Hike
The price of oil and electricity will continue to rise to the point that a lot of people who are earning only a minimum wage cannot anymore afford to pay their energy bills. Eventually, if this happens, not only will the oil and energy price will increase but the price of the food and even the energy-related commodities will increase as well .Thus, as a result, more and more people will suffer from economic recession and poverty.
- Decrease in human population
If there’s no cheap oil then similarly, there’s no cheap food that will be available. Thus, because of this energy and oil depletion, a lot of people will not anymore afford to have clean water to drink as well as cheap and safe food to eat. They will not anymore be able to address their health care needs. Therefore, a lot of them may go ill and eventually die because of high cost of hospital treatment and aid.
- Threat to Highly industrialized countries
Highly- industrialized countries depends primarily on their resources to boost their economy. A lot of businesses need these resources to continue to operate. Industries like manufacturers of steel, cars, gasoline stations, can be affected greatly by this phenomenon. Thus, if they cannot provide their services anymore, then people who also needed their help for their everyday living will suffer also.
- Nonpayment of loan repayments
As the prices of the energy and oil continue to rise, then a great possibility of having a lot of nonpayment to loans on the bank will happen. Since they cannot anymore buy even their basic needs, they will continue to loan money and perhaps, because of a lot of interest in it, they cannot anymore pay it. Of course, more banks will suffer from bankruptcy that is really not good for the economy.
- Many businessmen will opt to close their businesses
Since a lot of people reduce spending money on discretionary goods, a lot of workers working in restaurants and in businesses such are those who are offering new homes, cars and others will possibly lose their job because the owners of it may decide to close their business.
In general, if the government and the people don’t work hand in hand in thinking of the ways on how they can conserve such resources, then more and more problems will arise because of its depletion. Thus, it can create a global famine and recession if it is not solved. Lastly, finding alternative resources other than fossil fuels can be of great help in saving the humanity as a whole.
89 Comments on "The Effects of Fossil Fuel Depletion"
onlooker on Sun, 29th May 2016 2:26 pm
Good summary of the varied and devastating effects of the end of the era of cheap energy. “Lastly, finding alternative resources other than fossil fuels can be of great help in saving the humanity as a whole.” Here the author states the obvious but does not include the fact that we should have done this like 20 to 30 years ago. Going to be too difficult if not impossible at this point. Of course that would be too grim and mustn’t scare away sensitive pleasure loving fire monkeys.
John Orr on Sun, 29th May 2016 3:43 pm
Load of bollocks….no matter what era u live in….life will always be shit to the older or younger population…..u could write this though out history
penury on Sun, 29th May 2016 4:29 pm
Every scenario is probably true, and worse than those will be the reality that most people today (in the U.S.)cannot even imagine. For too long the people have been protected from reality.
onlooker on Sun, 29th May 2016 4:44 pm
“For too long the people have been protected from reality.” And I may add have refused to see it.
makati1 on Sun, 29th May 2016 5:47 pm
John, no you could not. In the “history” of humans at no time has extinction been the biggest threat. The biggest wars were no more than school yard squabbles compared to what we have to look forward to in the next few decades. We have jumped over the cliff and are falling. The splat is inevitable, only the means and timing is still unsure. Odds are good that there will be no humans left by 2100.
makati1 on Sun, 29th May 2016 5:49 pm
onlooker, yes many refuse to see reality, because, deep down they do see it and have decided to avoid it until they cannot. No preps. No changes. Just party till the end. That is especially true in the immature, spoiled America.
onlooker on Sun, 29th May 2016 5:56 pm
Good psychological insight Mak. That sure rings true.
Rick Bronson on Sun, 29th May 2016 6:00 pm
While Coal & Natgas are depleting at a more slower rate, Oil is depleting at a much faster rate and hence raises Red Flags.
No worries, Renewable + Nuclear energy combined will provide the falling supply of Oil. Its already happening.
Davy on Sun, 29th May 2016 8:20 pm
“yes many refuse to see reality, because, deep down they do see it and have decided to avoid it until they cannot.”
Please spare me the hollow drama. I would like you to show me where in the rest of the world it is much different. You people have this emotional connection to your agendas instead of seeing things for what they are. Generalizations are intellectual laziness.
dooma on Mon, 30th May 2016 5:53 am
Davy, the rest of the world have not fabricated wars, influenced countries’ election outcomes and spent a prodigious amount of their budget to continue screwing the world over.
In case you have not read it, may I suggest “Confessions of an Economic Hit man” as some insightful reading?
These are not generalisations, they are the cold, hard truth.
Kenz300 on Mon, 30th May 2016 6:28 am
Big Oil Could Have Cut CO2 Emissions In 1970s — But Did Nothing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/big-oil-emissions_us_573c9d81e4b0aee7b8e8a046
New Documents Show Oil Industry Even More Evil Than We Thought
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oil-cover-up-climate_us_570e98bbe4b0ffa5937df6ce
Climate Change is real….. we will all be impacted by it.
Oil Giants Spend $115 Million A Year To Oppose Climate Policy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oil-companies-climate-policy_us_570bb841e4b0142232496d97
The Kochs Are Plotting A Multimillion-Dollar Assault On Electric Vehicles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-electric-vehicles_us_56c4d63ce4b0b40245c8cbf6
Inside the Koch Brothers’ Toxic Empire | Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924?page=2
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 6:41 am
Bullshit dooma, the rest of the world is at it too and it is called globalism. If this were not the case the rest of the world would not be so screwed up. You guys love to whine about the US being the problem when you are unable to look in the mirror. Sure the US is one of the biggest problems but you guys want it to be considered “THE” problem. It is one of the problems.
It gets childish to hear you dumbass anti-Americans whine and complain about America when your countries are just as bad in every category. Australia is a small country so who want to talk about it. Does that make it less screwed up? NO. The Anglosphere people who want to point fingers at America because they can’t look in the mirror. You have the “too proud” Canadians and Australians that are the worst. It must be because you are small insignificant resource republics with small global importance.
You guys are jealous are something. It is places like Australia and Canada that are direct descendants of Great Brittan where most of the worst of what happened to the world started. Why not reflect on that for starters. You guys inherited the worst from the British and that is childish attitudes that somehow you are not responsible for anything that has happened in the world. You got this huge pride with little to be proud of. Pathetic.
onlooker on Mon, 30th May 2016 7:25 am
I think the whole focus on countries and especially people of countries is besides the point. The problem has been and is an International group or cabal of wealthy decision makers whose top people seem to be the Bankers, who have no concern for the welfare of anything or anyone except themselves.
Boat on Mon, 30th May 2016 7:56 am
dooma
WWII was proof enough the world needs a steady super power to lead. Nigera needs help. Will China or Russia step in? Of course not. The free world will have to drone more bad element.
makati1 on Mon, 30th May 2016 8:19 am
Boat, denial of reality is not history.
You know the saying:
“Absolute power corrupts and power corrupts absolutely” – Lord Acton
THAT is what happened to the US these last 25 years and that is what Russia, China, Iran, etc are changing. Bringing down the super power and making a multi power world again. Chaining the junk yard dog, so to speak. And the sooner the better.
makati1 on Mon, 30th May 2016 8:25 am
Boat, Nigeria does NOT need any imperial aid. It needs the Empire to get the hell out of their country and stop meddling. Ditto for all of Africa.
US aid comes with chains of slavery. Ask any country like Haiti how much “US aid” costs. Do you know anything about the rest of the world outside the lower 48? Or real history, not as it is propagandized in American schools and ‘news’, but as actual history? It appears not.
Boat on Mon, 30th May 2016 8:35 am
mak,
Don’t you mean the Saudi who have passed Russia in military spending? Hell the US spends more on r&d than Russia does on it’s entire military.
makati1 on Mon, 30th May 2016 9:20 am
Boat, but Russia’s stuff works and they don’t have the graft and profit theft that the Us MIC does. Not to mention that if you have to pay a factory worker $30 plus bennies, you get a lot less for your money than if you are paying them $5 and few if any bennies. So dollar comparison is stupid.
Chinese workers make about 1/10 the Us wages for the same work. That means that the Chinese get 10 times the same materials for the Us expense. 10 missiles instead of 1 Us made one. And they work, because they are made in government controlled, non profit companies. Ditto for Russia.
Americans are getting screwed fifty ways from Sunday by the MIC. They make junk at huge expense. Does it hurt? LOL
shortonoil on Mon, 30th May 2016 9:27 am
“As the prices of the energy and oil continue to rise “
This author is stuck on the idea that the price will increase as depletion advances even though the price of all fossil fuels is falling rapidly. Oil, NG, and coal can now not even command a high enough price to cover their full life cycle production cost. The reason for this poor writer’s confused is that they don’t understand that depletion is more about a decline in the quality of remaining reserves than about a decline in their quantity. Quality always declines faster than quantity (that is because the best is always extracted first). As the quality of a reserve falls its value to the economy falls and the price goes down, not up!
Of course, for someone who has never even seen a mining operation the confusion is understandable. Let’s all chip in and buy them a hard hat, and some steel toed boots, and find them a job doing some mining. They could then give up their arm chair jobs, their ECON 101 misconceptions, and write about the real world. If we did we wouldn’t have to put up with all this stupid hypothetical fluff.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 10:53 am
Boat the US is not a steady superpower, it’s a wounded lumbering retarded giant about to fall.
Personally I can’t wait to see that final arrogant smirk wiped off your stupid fucking faces.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 11:04 am
“Bullshit dooma, the rest of the world is at it too”
US Military and Clandestine Operations in Foreign Countries – 1798-Present
Global Policy Forum
1798-1800 France
Undeclared naval war against France, marines land in Puerto Plata.
1801-1805 Tripoli War with Tripoli (Libya), called “First Barbary War”.
1806 Spanish Mexico Military force enters Spanish territory in headwaters of the Rio Grande.
1806-1810 Spanish and French in Caribbean US naval vessels attack French and Spanish shipping in the Caribbean.
1810 Spanish West Florida Troops invade and seize Western Florida, a Spanish possession.
1812 Spanish East Florida Troops seize Amelia Island and adjacent territories.
1812 Britain War of 1812, includes naval and land operations.
1813 Marquesas Island Forces seize Nukahiva and establish first US naval base in the Pacific.
1814 Spanish (East Florida) Troops seize Pensacola in Spanish East Florida.
1814-1825 French, British and Spanish in Caribbean US naval squadron engages French, British and Spanish shipping in the Caribbean.
1815 Algiers and Tripoli US naval fleet under Captain Stephen Decatur wages “Second Barbary War” in North Africa.
1816-1819 Spanish East Florida Troops attack and seize Nicholls’ Fort, Amelia Island and other strategic locations. Spain eventually cedes East Florida to the US.
1822-1825 Spanish Cuba and Puerto Rico Marines land in numerous cities in the Spanish island of Cuba and also in Spanish Puerto Rico.
1827 Greece Marines invade the Greek islands of Argentiere, Miconi and Andross.
1831 Falkland/Malvinas Islands US naval squadrons aggress the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1832 Sumatra, Dutch East Indies US naval squadrons attack Qallah Battoo.
1833 Argentina Forces land in Buenos Aires and engage local combatants.
1835-1836 Peru Troops dispatched twice for counter-insurgency operations.
1836 Mexico Troops assist Texas war for independence.
1837 Canada Naval incident on the Canadian border leads to mobilization of a large force to invade Canada. War is narrowly averted.
1838 Sumatra, Dutch East Indies US naval forces sent to Sumatra for punitive expedition.
1840-1841 Fiji Naval forces deployed, marines land.
1841 Samoa Naval forces deployed, marines land.
1842 Mexico Naval forces temporarily seize cities of Monterey and San Diego.
1843 China Marines land in Canton.
1843 Ivory Coast Marines land.
1846-1848 Mexico Full-scale war. Mexico cedes half of its territory to the US by the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo.
1849 Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Naval force dispatched to Smyrna.
1852-1853 Argentina Marines land in Buenos Aires.
1854 Nicaragua Navy bombards and largely destroys city of San Juan del Norte. Marines land and set fire to the city.
1854 Japan Commodore Perry and his fleet deploy at Yokohama.
1855 Uruguay Marines land in Montevideo.
1856 Colombia (Panama Region) Marines land for counter-insurgency campaign.
1856 China Marines deployed in Canton.
1856 Hawaii Naval forces seize small islands of Jarvis, Baker and Howland in the Hawaiian Islands.
1857 Nicaragua Marines land.
1858 Uruguay Marines land in Montevideo.
1858 Fiji Marines land.
1859 Paraguay Large naval force deployed.
1859 China Troops enter Shanghai.
1859 Mexico Military force enters northern area.
1860 Portuguese West Africa Troops land at Kissembo.
1860 Colombia (Panama Region) Troops and naval forces deployed.
1863 Japan Troops land at Shimonoseki.
1864 Japan Troops landed in Yedo.
1865 Colombia (Panama Region) Marines landed.
1866 Colombia (Panama Region) Troops invade and seize Matamoros, later withdraw.
1866 China Marines land in Newchwang.
1867 Nicaragua Marines land in Managua and Leon in Nicaragua.
1867 Formosa Island (Taiwan) Marines land.
1867 Midway Island Naval forces seize this island in the Hawaiian Archipelago for a naval base.
1868 Japan Naval forces deployed at Osaka, Hiogo, Nagasaki, Yokohama and Negata.
1868 Uruguay Marines land at Montevideo.
1870 Colombia Marines landed.
1871 Korea Forces landed.
1873 Colombia (Panama Region) Marines landed.
1874 Hawaii Sailors and marines landed.
1876 Mexico Army again occupies Matamoros.
1882 British Egypt Troops land.
1885 Colombia (Panama Region) Troops land in Colon and Panama City.
1885 Samoa Naval force deployed.
1887 Hawaii Navy gains right to build permanent naval base at Pearl Harbor.
1888 Haiti Troops landed.
1888 Samoa Marines landed.
1889 Samoa Clash with German naval forces.
1890 Argentina US sailors land in Buenos Aires.
1891 Chile US sailors land in the major port city of Valparaiso.
1891 Haiti Marines land on US-claimed Navassa Island.
1893 Hawaii Marines and other naval forces land and overthrow the monarchy. Read More | President Cleveland’s Message
1894 Nicaragua Marines land at Bluefields on the eastern coast.
1894-1895 China Marines are stationed at Tientsin and Beijing. A naval ship takes up position at Newchwang.
1894-1896 Korea Marines land and remain in Seoul.
1895 Colombia Marines are sent to the town Bocas del Toro.
1896 Nicaragua Marines land in the port of Corinto.
1898 Nicaragua Marines land at the port city of San Juan del Sur.
1898 Guam Naval forces seize Guam Island from Spain and the US holds the island permanently.
1898 Cuba Naval and land forces seize Cuba from Spain.
1898 Puerto Rico Naval and land forces seize Puerto Rico from Spain and the US holds the island permanently.
1898 Philippines Naval forces defeat the Spanish fleet and the US takes control of the country.
1899 Philippines Military units are reinforced for extensive counter-insurgency operations.
1899 Samoa Naval forces land
1899 Nicaragua Marines land at the port city of Bluefields.
1900 China US forces intervene in several cities.
1901 Colombia/Panama Marines land.
1902 Colombia/Panama US forces land in Bocas de Toro
1903 Colombia/Panama With US backing, a group in northern Colombia declares independence as the state of Panama
1903 Guam Navy begins development in Apra Harbor of a permanent base installation.
1903 Honduras Marines go ashore at Puerto Cortez.
1903 Dominican Republic Marines land in Santo Domingo.
1904-1905 Korea Marines land and stay in Seoul.
1906-1909 Cuba Marines land. The US builds a major naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
1907 Nicaragua Troops seize major centers.
1907 Honduras Marines land and take up garrison in cities of Trujillo, Ceiba, Puerto Cortez, San Pedro, Laguna and Choloma.
1908 Panama Marines land and carry out operations.
1910 Nicaragua Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.
1911 Honduras Marines intervene.
1911-1941 China The US builds up its military presence in the country to a force of 5000 troops and a fleet of 44 vessels patrolling China’s coast and rivers.
1912 Cuba US sends army troops into combat in Havana.
1912 Panama Army troops intervene.
1912 Honduras Marines land.
1912-1933 Nicaragua Marines intervene. A 20-year occupation of the country follows.
1913 Mexico Marines land at Ciaris Estero.
1914 Dominican Republic Naval forces engage in battles in the city of Santo Domingo.
1914 Mexico US forces seize and occupy Mexico’s major port city of Veracrus from April through November.
1915-1916 Mexico An expeditionary force of the US Army under Gen. John J. Pershing crosses the Texas border and penetrates several hundred miles into Mexican territory. Eventually reinforced to over 11,000 officers and men.
1914-1934 Haiti Troops land, aerial bombardment leading to a 19-year military occupation.
1916-1924 Dominican Republic Military intervention leading to 8-year occupation.
1917-1933 Cuba Landing of naval forces. Beginning of a 15-year occupation.
1918-1920 Panama Troops intervene, remain on “police duty” for over 2 years.
1918-1922 Russia Naval forces and army troops fight battles in several areas of the country during a five- year period.
1919 Yugoslavia Marines intervene in Dalmatia.
1919 Honduras Marines land.
1920 Guatemala Troops intervene.
1922 Turkey Marines engaged in operations in Smyrna (Izmir).
1922-1927 China Naval forces and troops deployed during 5-year period.
1924-1925 Honduras Troops land twice in two-year period.
1925 Panama Marines land and engage in operations.
1927-1934 China Marines and naval forces stationed throughout the country.
1932 El Salvador Naval forces intervene.
1933 Cuba Naval forces deployed.
1934 China Marines land in Foochow.
1946 Iran Troops deployed in northern province.
1946-1949 China Major US army presence of about 100,000 troops, fighting, training and advising local combatants.
1947-1949 Greece US forces wage a 3-year counterinsurgency campaign.
1948 Italy Heavy CIA involvement in national elections.
1948-1954 Philippines Commando operations, “secret” CIA war.
1950-1953 Korea Major forces engaged in war in Korean peninsula.
1953 Iran CIA overthrows government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Read More
1954 Vietnam Financial and materiel support for colonial French military operations, leads eventually to direct US military involvement.
1954 Guatemala CIA overthrows the government of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
1958 Lebanon US marines and army units totaling 14,000 land.
1958 Panama Clashes between US forces in Canal Zone and local citizens.
1959 Haiti Marines land.
1960 Congo CIA-backed overthrow and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
1960-1964 Vietnam Gradual introduction of military advisors and special forces.
1961 Cuba CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.
1962 Cuba Nuclear threat and naval blockade.
1962 Laos CIA-backed military coup.
1963 Ecuador CIA backs military overthrow of President Jose Maria Valesco Ibarra.
1964 Panama Clashes between US forces in Canal Zone and local citizens.
1964 Brazil CIA-backed military coup overthrows the government of Joao Goulart and Gen. Castello Branco takes power. Read More
1965-1975 Vietnam Large commitment of military forces, including air, naval and ground units numbering up to 500,000+ troops. Full-scale war, lasting for ten years.
1965 Indonesia CIA-backed army coup overthrows President Sukarno and brings Gen. Suharto to power.
1965 Congo CIA backed military coup overthrows President Joseph Kasavubu and brings Joseph Mobutu to power.
1965 Dominican Republic 23,000 troops land.
1965-1973 Laos Bombing campaign begin, lasting eight years.
1966 Ghana CIA-backed military coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah.
1966-1967 Guatemala Extensive counter-insurgency operation.
1969-1975 Cambodia CIA supports military coup against Prince Sihanouk, bringing Lon Nol to power. Intensive bombing for seven years along border with Vietnam.
1970 Oman Counter-insurgency operation, including coordination with Iranian marine invasion.
1971-1973 Laos Invasion by US and South Vietnames forces.
1973 Chile CIA-backed military coup ousts government of President Salvador Allende. Gen. Augusto Pinochet comes to power.
1975 Cambodia Marines land, engage in combat with government forces.
1976-1992 Angola Military and CIA operations.
1980 Iran Special operations units land in Iranian desert. Helicopter malfunction leads to aborting of planned raid.
1981 Libya Naval jets shoot down two Libyan jets in maneuvers over the Mediterranean.
1981-1992 El Salvador CIA and special forces begin a long counterinsurgency campaign.
1981-1990 Nicaragua CIA directs exile “Contra” operations. US air units drop sea mines in harbors.
1982-1984 Lebanon Marines land and naval forces fire on local combatants.
1983 Grenada Military forces invade Grenada.
1983-1989 Honduras Large program of military assistance aimed at conflict in Nicaragua.
1984 Iran Two Iranian jets shot down over the Persian Gulf.
1986 Libya US aircraft bomb the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, including direct strikes at the official residence of President Muamar al Qadaffi.
1986 Bolivia Special Forces units engage in counter-insurgency.
1987-1988 Iran Naval forces block Iranian shipping. Civilian airliner shot down by missile cruiser.
1989 Libya Naval aircraft shoot down two Libyan jets over Gulf of Sidra.
1989 Philippines CIA and Special Forces involved in counterinsurgency.
1989-1990 Panama 27,000 troops as well as naval and air power used to overthrow government of President Noriega.
1990 Liberia Troops deployed.
1990-1991 Iraq Major military operation, including naval blockade, air strikes; large number of troops attack Iraqi forces in occupied Kuwait.
1991-2003 Iraq Control of Iraqi airspace in north and south of the country with periodic attacks on air and ground targets.
1991 Haiti CIA-backed military coup ousts President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
1992-1994 Somalia Special operations forces intervene.
1992-1994 Yugoslavia Major role in NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
1993-1995 Bosnia Active military involvement with air and ground forces.
1994-1996 Haiti Troops depose military rulers and restore President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office.
1995 Croatia Krajina Serb airfields attacked.
1996-1997 Zaire (Congo) Marines involved in operations in eastern region of the country.
1997 Liberia Troops deployed.
1998 Sudan Air strikes destroy country’s major pharmaceutical plant.
1998 Afghanistan Attack on targets in the country.
1998 Iraq Four days of intensive air and missile strikes.
1999 Yugoslavia Major involvement in NATO air strikes.
2001 Macedonia NATO troops shift and partially disarm Albanian rebels.
2001 Afghanistan Air attacks and ground operations oust Taliban government and install a new regime.
2003 Iraq Invasion with large ground, air and naval forces ousts government of Saddam Hussein and establishes new government.
2003-present Iraq Occupation force of 150,000 troops in protracted counter-insurgency war
2004 Haiti Marines land. CIA-backed forces overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
https://www.globalpolicy.org/us-military-expansion-and-intervention/26024.html
2004 to 2016 was more of the same. Davy is completely full of shit and I doubt anyone takes his, “the other kids were doing it too” fantasy excuse making seriously. The facts are clear – no empire in the history of the world has fucked over as many people as the American Empire. It’s by far and away the most powerful empire that ever existed and it does what empires always do. The reason why they are created. Some people are incapable of handling the truth. Guilt.
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 11:29 am
Geeze, ape hole, quit your whining and moaning. Your dumbAss Canadian army was in on it too hypocrite. What is it about Canadians especially those over in the money laundering capital of the world Hongcouver. They are stuck on themselves.
I love when the dumbasses from Hongcouver talk about social justice as they partake in ill gotten gains of the Chinese oligarchs. The Hongcouver boys flip their houses and building out ugly high rises all in the name of the almighty dollar from China. This while he poor Chinese peasant are financially raped. Social justice Canadian style. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
JuanP on Mon, 30th May 2016 11:38 am
As I have pointed out before, that very good list of violent, agressive, abusive, and destructive crimes perpetrated by the US government abroad is incomplete. The USA is also responsible for the brutal military dictatorship I grew up in Uruguay in the 1970s and 80s.
There is no doubt in my mind that the USA is the most criminal, violent, agressive, abusive, destructive, pillaging, murdering country in human history. You would have to be blind, deaf, ignorant, illiterate, brainwashed, and stupid to not understand this. Unfortunately, we have a lot of assholes fitting that description in the world, a whole lot of them. The world will be a much better place for most of humanity after the USA is dissolved. I believe Americans are doing an awesome job of destroying their country, and I am very happy to be witnessing the decline and collapse of the American Empire. Witnessing this is one of the few pleasures I get from living in this god forsaken, fucking country. Today I rejoice in and celebrate the death of all the Americans who died brutalizing and abusing the world. This occasion merits a good bottle of French Champagne!
Boat on Mon, 30th May 2016 11:42 am
ape,
Spoken by a US hater who thinks either Russia or China is more stable? I question your ability to make a rational assessment. All countries are a mess because they are run by humans. This is the history of humans.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 12:39 pm
Boat, I never mentioned Russia or China, you did. That’s your manachian indoctrination talking.
Death To America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7OvU5JIcI
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 12:57 pm
IHS: Conventional discoveries outside N. America drop to lowest level since 1952
“Just 12 billion boe of estimated recoverable resources were discovered from conventional wells outside of North America in 2015, representing the lowest level since 1952, according to IHS analysis.
The volume of conventional oil alone discovered in 2015 totaled just 2.8 billion bbl, also a record low since the ramp-up of oil and gas exploration began following World War II.”
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/ihs-conventional-discoveries-outside-n-america-drop-to-lowest-level-since-1952.html
JuanP on Mon, 30th May 2016 1:32 pm
Boat, Why do you defend a government that rapes, pillages, tortures, kidnaps, and murders innocent people all over the world? You are not worth the air you breathe, American!
Boat on Mon, 30th May 2016 2:00 pm
Juanp,
Compared to empires in history the US is like a gentle grandmother.
onlooker on Mon, 30th May 2016 2:15 pm
So Boat a gentle grandmother rapes, pillages, tortures, kidnaps, and murders innocent people all over the world?
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 2:45 pm
Boat, take another look.
US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051
School Of The Americas: Training Torturers & Secret Police For US-Backed Dictators Since 1946
Over 64,000 soldiers have been trained to oppress, smash dissent, and maintain American imperial order since the “school” first opened.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/212023-2/212023/
Boat, I bet you would feel much lighter on your feet if you dumped all that bullshit you been carrying your whole life. Face it dude, what they told you growing up was a fairy tale designed to keep the sheep docile and the young men willing to go to war for the rich. It’s all lies boat and the thing is that the real story of America and it’s people is much more interesting and colorful, albeit brutal and bloody much of the time, than the propaganda version they hammered into your skull since kindergarten.
GregT on Mon, 30th May 2016 2:59 pm
“Compared to empires in history the US is like a gentle grandmother.”
With logic like that, compared to Gary Ridgway, I suppose you believe that Ted Bundy was like a gentle grandmother?
Doesn’t matter Boat. Murder is wrong. Condoning murder is also wrong, and morally reprehensible.
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:03 pm
The Canadian site Global Research is a extremist site and no doubt why dumbass 1 & dumbass 2 reference it regularly. What a poor reflection on Canada IMA.
rockman on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:14 pm
Always interesting to see folk assign evil to a nationality, any nationality (or race, religion, etc.), and not to the true source: human nature.
Old parable: if a wolf chews its leg off to escape the hunter’s trap is it a coward instead of staying in the trap in hopes of killing the hunters to protect its kind? No: it is a wolf and following instinct.
But a person can make that choice. We are not forced to follow our instincts. Unfortunately it is still a choice…a choice not always made in the best interest of the commons.
JuanP on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:16 pm
Boat, The people like you who support the murders, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity that the USA commits all over the world are as guilty as the American motherfuckers pulling fingernails, water boarding, and pulling the trigger. You are a motherfucking son of a bitch and I hope you have a long and painful life and death.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:19 pm
Davy can’t argue against the evidence – it’s an indefensible position, so as per usual he reverts to an ad hominem – by attacking the source. “extremist”
ad ho·mi·nem
ˌad ˈhämənəm/
adverb & adjective
1.
(of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
“vicious ad hominem attacks”
What sad sad little man…..sigh
JuanP on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:24 pm
Boat, American is as American does! I think calling someone an American is the worst insult you can say to a person, so here it goes. Boat, you are a prototypical motherfucking American son of a whoring mother, arrogant, ignorant, selfish, and stupid. Most Americans are lower life forms than pond scum!
Boat on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:28 pm
The U.S. is responsible for between 1 and 1.8 million deaths during the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, by luring the Soviet Union into invading that nation
First one on the list. Lol
juanp
Adolescent temper.
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:29 pm
Ape hominem – a dumbass Canadian from Vancouver that thinks he is a rockstar but really is just a mom’s basement internet brat attacking everyone but the one most in need of attacking and that is himself.
You and Makati Bill would not know what to do with your dumbasses if it were not for some good conflict. No wonder you are constantly kicked off sites.
I had to laugh the other day about how you called Canadians polite. Yeap polite and when you turn your back a good back stab’in. What a pathetic country of losers especially from the North West of Canada. That is the spawning ground of the worst of the extremist scum.
GregT on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:36 pm
The Centre for Research on Globalization is an independent, not for profit, research and media organization. It’s authors include scholars from all over the world, many of whom are American citizens. It’s refreshing to see true patriots exposing the lies and deceit spewed forth daily from the ministry of propaganda, AKA, the corporately controlled, globalist, main stream, US media.
Anyone who considers the Centre for Research on Globalization extremist, is either a shill for the globalists, or a delusional fool.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:38 pm
rockman, if all bad behavior and crimes can simply be dismissed as “human nature” then why have laws, courts and police? If your daughter gets raped… Oh well, it’s just human nature? No, you’ll want some old school Texass justice – pronto. Like Davy and Boat, you’re trying to defend the indefensible. Fail.
Culture counts and they come and go. I have Swedish ancestry (I like to pretend my way back grandad was a viking) and I ask myself how could the Scandinavian peoples go from brutal raiders, to the gentle countries they have been for some time? It’s culture – they changed the story (for whatever reasons). America’s story has been expansionist since day one and still is. They just change the language (secularized) to fit the modern world. The story started with manifest destiny, then onto to exceptionalisim and indispensable nation (which suggest that others are dispensable). Humans can’t expand without violence or the threat of it, which is why the true story of America has been written in blood. It’s the fucking story that brings out the worst in a people. You will most likely end up killing each other – good fucking riddance – end of story.
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:42 pm
Well, WTF you think dumbass is going to say about his favorite site. Dumbass just happens to be bud spud with Ape Hole a mom’s basement Internet brat. Go play in the backyard Greg obviously retirement has left you wanting of a life.
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:48 pm
Belligerent and nasty atitudes like CanDians from Vancouver indicate attitudes of a people ready to kill each other when conditions are right. CanDians are such dicks that want to look good to themselves but instead are really an ugly nasty people. The biggest cowards are Canadians.
GregT on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:48 pm
I’m only interested in the truth Davy. Your constant childish, delusional, unpatriotic ramblings, are as far from the truth as a person could possibly get. You’re full of shit Davy.
Apneaman on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:56 pm
Davy, how’s your kids and wife? Why do you spend your life on the internet when you took vows and have kids? Between your farm projects you keep telling us about and the endless amount of time you spend around here it’s obvious you are guilty of neglect of your family. I have no kids or wife or 9-5 job. I made it that way so I could fuck around all I want. If I had a wife and kids I certainly would not be neglecting them just to hang out here all day to have meaningless arguments with mental doomers. Since you are not fulfilling your responsibilities and duties of the life you chose, I don’t think you should be judging others lives. Now run along and feed the goats.
JuanP on Mon, 30th May 2016 3:57 pm
It wasn’t the Chinese that trained the military in my country how to kidnap! It wasn’t the Russians that taught them how to torture! It wasn’t the Canadians who told them who to murder! It wasn’t the Angolans wo showed them how to disappear innocent people by wrapping them in chains and throwing them in the ocean! It wasn’t the Brazilians that fucked with my country, Latin America, and the rest of the world for over 200 years!
It was the motherfucking AMERICANS that did all that and a lot more! It is always the AMERICANS! YANKEES GO HOME! Why do you think the whole world hates you? What do you think in your stupid minds? We hate you because of your hateful criminal actions. We hate you because of what you are and what you’ve done. Now back to celebrating the deaths of all those murderers, rapists, and thieves. Enjoy the day!
onlooker on Mon, 30th May 2016 4:29 pm
yeah, and I am an American who hates what the US govt and those in position of power within and above it have done and what they stand for. It is beyond disgusting and has no forgiveness. What this country has done is beyond horrible it is evil. Here is a link to harmful experimentation done to their own citizens us in the US. A History Of US Secret
Human Experimentation
http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm
onlooker on Mon, 30th May 2016 4:31 pm
Hey and if ever they come looking for me or my loved ones for what I have written on Peak oil, let them I would just be one of many to either be tortured or killed by them. I would die a martyr and go to a place nothing like what exists here on this planet.
shortonoil on Mon, 30th May 2016 4:50 pm
“They make junk at huge expense. Does it hurt? LOL”
That must be why there is 10 times more US military hardware sold than the rest of the world combined – because it is junk? Extract head, reduce core temperature to 98.6, and get left foot out of right ear! You’ll feel better!
Davy on Mon, 30th May 2016 5:03 pm
Lol, it is an anti-American festival and the dumbasses get upset because I piss on them. Boys you don’t get double standard priveledges. I know that is a Canadian thAng on this site. Bash Americans but don’t bash us proud Canadians. You Canadins are little insignificant people who want to feel big by bashing your neighbor. Canada Sucks!
shortonoil on Mon, 30th May 2016 5:04 pm
“US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II”
Julius Caesar murdered a million in Gaul and enslaved another million. Stalin murdered 22 million of his own people; Mao Zedong had 60 million killed.
Sounds like business as usual!