Riots In Europe Over Oil

bratticus · Tar Sands Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 37

Hagakure_Leofman · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

That's a crazy news segment. That's what's coming up all over the world. I would say thanks for the link, but I feel a little creeped out by that.

DomusAlbion · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:31 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

More sad examples of the Great Unraveling. Sad

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dorlomin · Intermediate Crude Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 974

did anyone think of this watching that?

To be fair though its not all that bad..... the French are the world champion rioters. (well champion in the developed world)

yull · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

It's happening all over Europe. People are at breaking point over our $10-11 a gallon petrol and diesel. In my local area petrol stations have been running dry due to the fuel strikes, some schools have even been closed, and this is just the beginning.

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IndigoMoon · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

I searched and found this. It is being reported. The big question now is how many people are actually paying attention? NY Times Link 6.15.08
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bratticus · Tar Sands Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 37

Jack · Dark Lord Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 4957

Very interesting.

But what's more interesting is how little of this is penetrating the U.S. media. One might think they are trying to avoid discussing troubling things, mightn't one?

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Ferretlover · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

Must'nt panic the ~~sheeple~~ people, now, must we?
Besides, MSM must be having a hard time affording the gas to get a reporter to those places----yeah, that's it!
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cephalotus · Tar Sands Joined: Sep 18, 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Germany

I can't notice anything in Germany. Live goes on as always. Ok, milk got more expensive by a few €-cent recently.
I now have to pay ~60 €-cent per litre, imho still way to cheap(!)...

German government even decided to raise(!) the tax for truckers using the autobahn (Maut) these days..

Imho, that's quite ok.

seahorse · Expert Joined: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 2081 Location: Arkansas

The U.S. News isn't covering any of this. Don't scare people? Don't scare people in an election year? Continue the American ignorance? Its laughable that world governments will tolerate an overspending, gas guzzling American society but not tolerate their own people rioting for food and lower fuel prices. The short term solution high fuel prices is easy, quit financing the bloated US gov't, crash its economy, and there will be plenty of fuel for everyone else. But, the world gov'ts won't do that.

Intead, the world will continue to tolerate the intolerable hypocritical US, best personified in the world giving that fat, gas guzzling, energy hog Al Gore a nobel prize for what, going green? Jeeze, the world would be a lot greener if he weren't living in it. If Al Gore's electrical usage would power 250 U.S. homes, how many homes would that power in China? India? Zimbabwe?

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mrobert · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Riots In Europe Over Oil

I pay 1 Euro for milk. And around $5 a gallon. Still ... no riots in sight.
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