Comments on: 100 years of Middle Eastern oil

By: mike stallard

mike stallard — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:52:13 +0000

sara – look up these words on the internetwikipedia:
Assyria
Babylon
Seleucus
Ahura Mazda
Heraclius
Abbassids
Parsees

The very peak of the whole history is your lovely poetry. Enjoy!

By: sara

sara — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:43:51 +0000

hi
i am iranian
and i live in masjed-i- suleiman
i search about history of instruction in my town .

who can help me?

By: Kay Tie

Kay Tie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:44:28 +0000

"The CO2 emmited from my car is only the CO2 that was absorbed from the atmosphere "

I think you fail to understand modern agriculture. All that fertiliser to grow the sunflowers (or rape, or whatever) is made from natural gas, which is a fossil fuel. Combined with the fossil fuels used to plough the fields, harvest the oil, squash it, refine it, bottle it and transport it to your local Tesco, means that your CO2 emissions are not far off those of someone simply using ordinary diesel.

By all means use oil from Tesco if it's cheaper than diesel, but don't put yourself to any major hassle "for the environment", because you aren't making any difference. You can make a difference by switching out the lights when not needed, taking a shower instead of a bath, boiling water one cup at a time, getting rid of the Aga, turning down the thermostat, eating less meat, and driving fewer miles.

By: Bazman

Bazman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:16:44 +0000

Russia is a land of never ending natural resources and unlimited manpower.

By: Adrian P

Adrian P — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:03:40 +0000

Rudolph Diesel ran his engine on Peanut oil amongst other things, I run my deisel car on Veg Oil bought straigh from Tescos, it used to be about 60p per litre, strangely, it's shot up to the same price as diesel.
The CO2 emmited from my car is only the CO2 that was absorbed from the atmosphere Last season, so I have put no Net CO2 into the atmosphere.
The Global Co's don't want this getting too popular though.
Imagine the average farmer being able to muscle in on the territory of Anglo Dutch Oil GIants.
I can't believe we have not built up reserves, where has the foresight been.
Still after 2012 we may not have to worry about any of this, the Global Elite are lining us up for a Final showdown for World supremacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhvfCFCfdNk&fe…
http://www.infowars.com/?p=4001

By: Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:59:01 +0000

Well well well ! Could it be that one of my ancestors might have made an amazing discovery ? This is weird because if my Dad had been born one day earlier ( i.e. on St George's Day ! ) then he would have had that name ! Dad was born 40 years after this momentous find and he cannot believe this….

By: Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:59:01 +0000

Well well well ! Could it be that one of my ancestors might have made an amazing discovery ? This is weird because if my Dad had been born one day earlier ( i.e. on St George’s Day ! ) then he would have had that name ! Dad was born 40 years after this momentous find and he cannot believe this….

By: mikestallard

mikestallard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:10:40 +0000

Shouldn't that be "made"?

By: mikestallard

mikestallard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:45 +0000

We tend to forget the revolution of the 1970s. Before that, i was cold every winter. I took coldish baths. I wore lots of clothes and getting up in the morning was terrible. When I wanted to go anywhere near, I walked or went by bike. Anywhere long distance meant a long, tiring, filthy train journey with foul restaurants and lots of thick black grease everywhere.
Now, as I sit at my plastic (=oil) computer in a nice, heated house with nice plastic clothes (maded out of recycled plastic made in China and then flown here by an oil fired plane), I am happily awaiting my tea (brought to the shop by lorry).
It is a revolution in my way of life for which I am really grateful.

By: DBC Reed

DBC Reed — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:42:52 +0000

This problem is surely not that straight forward: Rudolph Diesel invented his engine to work off practically anything because he feared for the individual at the mercy of big oil corporations and governments.Henry Ford, who developed the Model T for small farms ,likewise believed that the farmer should be able to produce his own fuel from his own fields: ethanol , as far as I can remember.
On this subject, does anyone now think deposing Mossadeq for nationalising Anglo–Iranian Oil was a good idea?
If it was n't for the Americans' blind terror of socialism, we could now have stable governments all over the Middle East , a secure supply of oil and the people would not have given up on Western politics.