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Reader comment on item: Saudi Ambitions in the Middle East
in response to reader comment: Saudi Arabia's Offer to Russia

Submitted by David W. Lincoln (Canada), Aug 18, 2013 at 18:09

One thing wrong with your analysis, Tom. There is considerable oil, and natural gas, locked into shale in Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia.

The technology exists, and at a reasonable price, too, to get it out of the ground.

Why not check to see where money is coming from to stop, for instance, the Keystone XL pipeline, and other ways so that countries that currently import oil from Russia, and OPEC, would import less (if at all), in the future.

Submitting....

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Reader comments (5) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
1I don't watch PressTV. I boycott on air real time torture chambers like the Islamic State of Iran's Press TV. [2 words]Pedram Kazemi-EsfarjaniAug 18, 2013 13:05209063
4Saad Zaghloul [56 words]dhimmi no moreAug 12, 2013 06:42208944
Saudi Arabia's Offer to Russia [57 words]TomAug 11, 2013 20:26208936
Russia and Iran [103 words]There is NO Santa ClausAug 14, 2013 00:50208936
Shale [82 words]David W. LincolnAug 18, 2013 18:09208936

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