The Oil Must Flow

Or not, particularly when there's a profit to be made and a good excuse.

Ask a silly question, and Greg Palast's answer keeps emerging.

And while we're talking about the Great Game, here's a reason for Dear Leader and the Company to support Israel even though they don't have the same amount of oil as their neighbors: if you could build some pipelines to it, it'd be a really friendly port.

When thinking about peak oil, it's interesting to compare and contrast the data- or the disinformation.

Which ever scenario you lay your money on, gone by 2075 or by 2400, you can bet you aren't the only person betting.

Any factor that slows the flow and raises the price hedges the bets of those betting on the longer curves.

Any factor that slows the flow and raises the price helps the long term schemes of practically all of the major players behind the Great Game here at home and abroad.