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A Completely Unsubstantiated Conspiracy Theory

I believe in The Law of Unintended Consequences (TLUC)

You don't have to consider it as a real thing but I do ... as much as I believe in Murphy's Law. Perhaps TLUC is even a subset of the Murphies?

My interpretation: "The more you meddle in matters that have evolved into a balanced or relatively stable system the more likely it is that you will create unintended consequences."

In any case, from time to time it seems that doing all the right things and asking all the right questions gets us no where near where it is we hope to be. Today it was all started by reading about the trials a tribulations of T. Boone Pickens and his wind energy investment schemes..... which got me thinking about the role of "Big Oil" in the whole enviro-energy racket.

And led to the unlikely question needed to get past the obvious assumptions and the unoriginal answers:


Why do the zealots who have jumped on the Anthropogenic Global Warming Bandwagon always see "Big Oil" as the culprit behind the efforts to discredit them?

Hmmm?

I tend to believe that the types who are representative of the AGM boosters are almost always as wrong about just any issue they concern themselves with as they are about the one at hand and in question. No need to get into the motivations. Surely, some are honestly exploring the possibilities, some are venal and self serving and most are just sheep going with the flock. The bottom line is that the more they bleat the further they are from the facts and realities of the matter. The more sure they are of their accepted tennents the further from the truth.

So, bingo - bango - bongo ...... these guys are wrong or at least highly likely to be wrong about the role of "Big Oil" in the AGM argument.

The point then is if they are wrong or likely to be wrong on this matter then what is the role of "Big Oil" in the whole affair?

For one thing I can see that no matter what "Big Oil" really does or wants, it will be the target of hyperbole and moonbat venom. For another it certainly seems to me that the majority of debunkers, cynics and just plain skeptics are happy to put the effort into extracting the facts from the hype and letting the result be known for the personal gratification of getting to the heart of the matter and somewhat for the satisfaction of "Fisking" the con men and hucksters or especially the self professed "Experts".

This leaves the mysterious forces of the so called "Big Oil" cabal out of the anti-AGM argument.

But, certainly they do have a stake in any issue that may impact their ability to make money.
And just as certainly, for the same reasons they are "BIG" they are going to be on top of trends and political movements that come along. In no way do I see nor have I ever experienced high foreheads in the board rooms or the back rooms conniving over ways to incite financial turmoil simply because they are TOO BUSY doing the basic stuff that makes them money.

I do however envision such folks responding to business threats like competitive energy sources.

Which brings me to the theory of how Big Oil actually promoted the AGM issue and why they did it.

First of all well before the AGM gang got any momentum or public attention there was the issue of alternative fuels. Things like bio-fuels and Solar and Wind generation were around and being developed without much or any fanfare for at least 30 years. Environmental activists types naturally offering emotional and often nonsensical views of idealized results for widespread adoption seemed to be the source of most publicity for these developments. But, for the most part the average person really didn't care that much as long as the home was heated and the car fueled without upsetting the domestic energy budget.

However, and here is where the law of unintended consequences comes into play, the environmental activist gang was having a hayday going after polluting industries. A laudable pursuit. In the course of their battles they discovered one of the obvious facts (the kind that activists seem to be shocked when the discover) that a lot of electrical power in the US is generated by Coal. Of course "Coal Is Dirty" and therefore any use of coal must be so too and so on. And so coal became the pahria of the energy group.... leaving a lot of extra opportunity for the oil boys.

But here's the thing. In the process of demanding all sorts of limits be put on the exploitation of coal the power industry was put in the position of finding less dirty ways to use coal. Oil is NOT the fuel of choice for power generators. Coal is abundant and cheap which oddly enough seems to go hand in hand. Being abundant and cheap is what makes coal a good fuel for power generation. The ways to use the coal without the downside of massive polution and drawing the ire of the activists is the challenge.

What many people do not know is that over the last 30 years there have been a number of technology developments that make energy from coal not only an environmentally benign process but retain the economic advantages.

So here is where the "Big Oil" as AGM promoter conspiracy starts to incubate.
The environmentalists pushed on coal. The coal /power industry fought back with technology. The technology began to look like it was going to take coal out of the backwoods and into the mainstream and then "Big Oil" started to take notice of coal.

In the USA oil and natural gas are the largest sources of electrical power and heating.They are used more for this purpose than any others combined. They enjoyed the market advantage because of the perceptions of coal as a less suitable fuel. If coal became a fuel of choice it would mean a severe loss of market for petroleum fuels and this market. Not to mention that the loss of demand for petro-produced power and heat will put a severe crimp in the demand/ price power equations.

Fortunately for the petro-boys the AGM crowd started to get some momentum.

Being the students of trends that they are the petro club figured that if the AGM crowd got up some steam there would be the usual thrust of going after the obvious (coal) thus allowing them to continue to enjoy the run of the coop as it were in the power generation and home fuel markets. Not to mention the bonus of oil price panic as Washington helps out by impeding the development of coal and neglecting to fund clean coal initiatives while threatening expansion of oil resources and the unintended consequences keep piling up.

Who stands to lose from successful coal development? Oil. From the Arabian Gulf to Kazakstan, from Alberta to Venezuela from Houston to Anchorage to St.Johns ...... Who has gained from the AGM hysteria?

Yep "Big Oil".

So my theory is that the "Big Oil" guys have been quietly supporting and financing the AGM activists. Knowing full well what the reaction of the Dummies in Washington would be Exactly the opposite of the accepted wisdom from the activists.

Eh?

OMMAG

Everything You Need To Know ...

About the US Elections for '08 ....




















Cheers! to the People's Cube

Also see the re-invented GOP explained PLUS Ted Kennedy Pre-emptive Obits.

OMMAG

The Death of St. George

As devolution of the Once Great Britain continues................... some good citizens of Old Blighty have decided to put down their own Patron Saint !

Rather than face the possibility of the perpetual outrage from religion of peacers they decided to CANCEL the annual St. George's day parade.

As the residents of Bradford scuttle away in fear ... some were heard to say a faint ......
Fairwell to St. George ! .....

One clue that some residents might have had about the direction their traditions would be taking might have come from the names of some of their councilors like ..... Quasim Khan.
Not that Mr. Khan is bad guy ....... just that his priorities may be in a different realm.
Add to this the fact that the rest of the council is living in fear while the police are unwilling to do their job by any other means than preventing the good citizens from exercising their rights in celebration of their own traditions.


Thanks to Gates of Vienna and The Daily Mail

In related news EU Autocrats Publish Plans for the redistribution of the former Britain and assets thereof!

OMMAG

Just Gossip and Other Worthless Stuff!

Did You Hear?

That Heather Mills - ex wife of Former Beatle Paul McCartney - who is in the process of trying to gouge him for as much of his substantial fortune as she possibly can ( and that's a LOT$) - Has announced that she thinks the rich are " Snobby and Stingy " ?? Yep too cheap to buy mirrors for those Scottish Estate Castles - Perhaps Heather is just a little too stupid And self absorbed to notice the IRONY!


That Harry Belafonte - the 80 year old once great entertainer who helped to popularize calypso music in America - received an International Diversity Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews at a gala in the Toronto - Yes and he had "High Praise for Canada! - But isn't this the same Harry who has made numerous anti-American diatribes and is essentially a white hating black racist - who has also made many public comments about the evil of Israel and seems to suffer from an extreme form of Bush Derangement Syndrome much like Rosie O'Donnel has displayed ?? - I think we can do without praise or anything else to do with Mr. Belafonte.....

That some Hollywood bimbet - Lost Her Credit Card the day she got it? - Sorry... already forgot her name!

That Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition - French Citizen - Son of a Professor - Thinks he grew up - POOR? - Boo Hoo !

That The SPICE GIRLS - Yes THEM - are without a support act for the U.K. leg of their world tour - after Danish pop group ALPHABEAT refused to perform with them ? - Makes my level of respect for Dansish pop groups go up about 1000% ! ( what's 10 times Zero?)

That the Hottest Property in Toronto - is being built by a Kazahkstan-based developer called Bazis International? - prices started at about $750 a square foot and they use what they call a "pecking order or a Darwinian approach" to real estate where they make well heeled agents and investors wait in line outside the building's sales office for up to days!! Darwinian Eh? - Something about being made into chimps comes to mind.....

That the Commonwealth Summit - being held in Uganda this year will be providing "Love Zones" ? - Yep! Ugandan Whores providing a very interesting perspective on AIDs .... Real Good Idea!

Cheers!
OMMAG

Brain Eating Amoeba?

This is really weird and unnerving stuff!
Fox News

OMMAG

I 've Always Felt That PETA Members Were Boobs!

And Pravda is always good for a chuckle!

Cheers!
OMMAG

Friday Weirdness!

Yep! That's what My FIRST IMPULSE would be!


http://www.fark.ru/media/video/prikols6/i1645

First they caught it then they took it home and put it on the bed.
Then they filmed it!
Then the Russian fisherman ate this! And then reported catching 'Alien Creature'....
Well according to PRAVDA.RU anyway

Those remote Russian fishing villages must be damned cold, lonely and short of food!

OMMAG

Climate Change Causes Giant Baby!

In this image from television, nurses hold the baby known as "Super Tonio," in Jesus Kumate Rodriguez hospital in Cancun, Mexico. (AP Photo/TV AZTECA)

On your way down to the people's collective church of climate change hysteria take some time to consider the implications of the pending boom of giant babies! And don't forget that we are still going to get wiped out by a giant meteorite. Also, remember that the west coast is going to fall into the Pacific ocean sometime soon. Along with that we are all at risk of dying from the global viral pandemic that is certainly imminent. Also do not forget that holes in the ozone layer are waiting to kill us all with radiation from space. Lastly scientists have proven that just about everything we eat or drink causes cancer.

Yes folks....NATURE is out to kill us all.....and the ONLY solution is to either kill yourself first or give all your money to the socialists so they can save you....or give them your money and then kill yourself....

Is this what they meant when they coined the term Political Science?

OMMAG

Sweatin The Small Stuff at Death's Door

If you've never read this blog...please do.. Greg Beck is an ORIGINAL!
A real character and a pretty good observer/writer of the day to day things that we all see.
Sometimes topical and sometimes just caught up with his muse.......

This piece I linked to is about some stuff that passed after James Brown shuffled off this mortal coil!

Cheers!

OMMAG

Just Because!

In a fair fight Rosie would probably take him out...but who wants to watch a fair fight?

Go Donald!