Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

PoliticalNick

Free Thinker

#1Jan 10th, 2013

Who would have thought it, besides me that is. All the nay-sayers have for years now declared there was nothing in Afghanistan to provide an ulterior motive for the US invasion. Now the truth is coming out.

The New War for Afghanistan's Untapped Oil - Antonia Juhasz - The Atlantic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20708548

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/wo...anted=all&_r=0

darkbeaver

Republican

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 10th, 2013

Oil minerals and drugs sounds like a job for democracy. Someday the few remaining Afgans will thank us.

captain morgan

Bloc Québécois

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by PoliticalNick

Who would have thought it, besides me that is. All the nay-sayers have for years now declared there was nothing in Afghanistan to provide an ulterior motive for the US invasion. Now the truth is coming out.

Sounds great.. How do you plan to get this untapped oil or minerals (at a high cost I might add) to the markets?

On that note, what are the offset costs in dealing with the Taliban and myriad of other tribal extortion costs that will be conveniently added onto the overall costs.

May as well as try to mine diamonds at the top of Mt Everest for all it's worth

bill barilko

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by captain morgan

Sounds great.. How do you plan to get this untapped oil or minerals..... to markets?

On that note, what are the offset costs in dealing with the Taliban and myriad of other tribal extortion costs that will be conveniently added onto the overall costs.

May as well as try to mine diamonds at the top of Mt Everest for all it's worth

Yes and that was the issue in the 60's when the first studies of Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth were conducted-IOW this is all Old Old News.

Little if anything has changed since those days it's still a corrupt violent third world hellhole-well I guess there are a few more religious fanatics to deal with.

Johnnny

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote:

May as well as try to mine diamonds at the top of Mt Everest for all it's worth

Theres looking for a needle in a haystack

taxslave

No Party Affiliation

#6 Top Rated Post

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by captain morgan

Sounds great.. How do you plan to get this untapped oil or minerals (at a high cost I might add) to the markets?

On that note, what are the offset costs in dealing with the Taliban and myriad of other tribal extortion costs that will be conveniently added onto the overall costs.

May as well as try to mine diamonds at the top of Mt Everest for all it's worth

Not much different than dealing with some of the native bands here. Or governments for that matter. All in greasing the right palms.

captain morgan

Bloc Québécois

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

... That, and a lot fewer AKs in circulation

EagleSmack

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by captain morgan

May as well as try to mine diamonds at the top of Mt Everest for all it's worth

They say there is still plenty of silver in the mines around Tombstone AZ. However the cost of pumping the water out of them was not worth the silver in them.

Well there is always this to see.

L Gilbert

No Party Affiliation

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

If AF gov't had its poop in a group, it'd use whatever resources other countries offered and develop a nat. res. flow itself rather than allow other countries to develop it and scoop the proceeds.

EagleSmack

#10

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by L Gilbert

If AF gov't had its poop in a group, it'd use whatever resources other countries offered and develop a nat. res. flow itself rather than allow other countries to develop it and scoop the proceeds.

They laugh at that kind of talk LG.

L Gilbert

No Party Affiliation

#11

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmack

They laugh at that kind of talk LG.

I know. S'ok, though. It's a method that works. We did it right here.

petros

#12

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Pop Quiz.

Which two countries stand in the way of an "Energy Corridor" from the S.E. Mediterranean coast's offshore NG resources to China's eastern border?

EagleSmack

#13

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by L Gilbert

I know. S'ok, though. It's a method that works. We did it right here.

Sure it is. But they have there own way. Getting together for the good of AF is not in the plan. That was just a name some other people gave them. They have their tribes... and that is that.

L Gilbert

No Party Affiliation

#14

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmack

Sure it is. But they have there own way. Getting together for the good of AF is not in the plan. That was just a name some other people gave them. They have their tribes... and that is that.

Yeah. Trouble with that plan is that they have stuff that other countries want. If other countries left them alone they'd likely be happy as a cat finding a 'nip patch.

petros

#15

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by petros

Pop Quiz.

Which two countries stand in the way of an "Energy Corridor" from the S.E. Mediterranean coast's offshore NG resources to China's eastern border?

Not even a guess?

Spade

Free Thinker

#16

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Thought I heard a buzzer...

EagleSmack

#17

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 11th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by L Gilbert

Yeah. Trouble with that plan is that they have stuff that other countries want. If other countries left them alone they'd likely be happy as a cat finding a 'nip patch.

... and back to chopping each others heads off.

CDNBear

#18

Re: Trillions of $ in Gas, Oil & rare metals in Afghanistan

Jan 12th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by PoliticalNick

Who would have thought it, besides me that is.

Wrong again, as usual. No surprise there.

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