Comments on: McCain Warns of Vulnerability of Foreign Oil http://priceofoil.org/2007/04/24/mccain-warns-of-vulnerability-of-foreign-oil/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Steve Kretzmann http://priceofoil.org/2007/04/24/mccain-warns-of-vulnerability-of-foreign-oil/#comment-48406 Steve Kretzmann Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:57:42 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/04/24/mccain-warns-of-vulnerability-of-foreign-oil/#comment-48406 Oil Change is of course a nonpartisan organization, so the following should be clearly understood to my personal opinion...but the answer to your question Andy is HELL NO! I would personally dispute the idea that its possible to be green and pro-war at the same time. I also love this: "Most of the world’s known reserves are in the Persian Gulf, in the hands of dictators or nationalized oil companies. Its availability and price are manipulated by a cartel of countries where our values aren’t typically shared and our interests aren’t their first priority". A) Note the guilt by association of dictator with nationalized oil companies B) I guess its ok to manipulate prices if its a cartel of companies that do share our (his) values? Its not about "foreign oil". Its oil, period. He should connect the dots with his rhetoric on climate change. Also, US/UK oil companies are always going to be at the whim of foreign governments - the days of the old Seven Sisters are over - its all about nationalized oil companies now. Unless you invade a country and rewrite its laws to allow access by US/UK oil companies. But no one would ever do that... Oil Change is of course a nonpartisan organization, so the following should be clearly understood to my personal opinion…but the answer to your question Andy is HELL NO! I would personally dispute the idea that its possible to be green and pro-war at the same time.

I also love this:

“Most of the world’s known reserves are in the Persian Gulf, in the hands of dictators or nationalized oil companies. Its availability and price are manipulated by a cartel of countries where our values aren’t typically shared and our interests aren’t their first priority”.

A) Note the guilt by association of dictator with nationalized oil companies
B) I guess its ok to manipulate prices if its a cartel of companies that do share our (his) values?

Its not about “foreign oil”. Its oil, period. He should connect the dots with his rhetoric on climate change. Also, US/UK oil companies are always going to be at the whim of foreign governments - the days of the old Seven Sisters are over - its all about nationalized oil companies now. Unless you invade a country and rewrite its laws to allow access by US/UK oil companies. But no one would ever do that…

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