[statecom] grim grim grim Peak Oil (Bush knew in 2000)

[Larry Ely]

<http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/>http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/



If you've been wondering why the Bush administration has been spending 
money, cutting social programs, and starting wars like there's no tomorrow, 
now you have your answer: as far as they are concerned, there is no tomorrow.

In 2003, the BBC filmed a three-part, relatively apolitical, documentary 
entitled 
"<http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/moneyprogrammeoil.htm>War 
for Oil" about the role the Bush administration's knowledge of Peak Oil 
played in their decision to invade and occupy Iraq. As the documentary 
explains, in private the Bush administration sees the war in Iraq as "a 
fight for survival." From a purely Machiavellian standpoint, they are 
probably correct in their thinking.

For what it's worth, Bush's Crawford ranch has been completely off-the-grid 
since 2002. The ranch is equipped with the latest in energy saving and 
renewable power systems. It has been described as an 
<http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0107&article=010722>"environmentalist's 
dream home." The fact a man as steeped in the petroleum industry as Bush 
would own such a home should tell you something.

On a similar note, Dick Cheny's personal investments indicate he (or more 
accurately, whoever handles his money) is 
<http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Archives2007/WhitneyCheneyCollapse.html>expecting 
economic collapse.

Neither Bush or Cheney (or really, any administration) can be honest with 
the American people about the severity of what is unfolding. If they were 
honest with the country, half the nation would refuse to believe them while 
the other half would likely panic.