mzpro5 wrote: 
Ok ok ok..we'll leave the poor bastards alone then !

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
Ok haven't done all my research and not attempting to be argumentative, but from one of the articles in your Google post:

The West African state of Ivory Coast is known more as an oil refining country rather than as an oil producing one. While it does not have the prolific offshore oil fields of Nigeria, it does possess a modest upstream oil industry.

Its recoverable oil reserves have been estimated at 100 million barrels and recoverable gas reserves at 1.1 Tcf. Oil producing fields are Lion and Panthere (condensates).

The national oil company, Petroci, was established in 1975. Petroci was restructured in 1998 and four new entities were created: Petroci Holding, a fully state-owned company that is responsible for the state's portfolio management in the oil sector and the three subsidiaries; Petroci Exploration-Production, responsible for upstream hydrocarbon activities; Petroci-Gaz, responsible for development of the gas sector; and Petroci Industries-Services, responsible for all other related services. Up to 49% interest in the three subsidiaries is available to private sector investors. Petroci's role currently includes the development and maintainance of the main database on Cote d'Ivoire's oil assets, and the assumption of minority participation - generally between 5% and 15% - in the offshore ventures operated by international companies.

The gas reserves discovered in the 1980’s have begun to be developed and utilised. The main producing fields are Panthere, Kudu, Eland, Ibex, Gazelle and Foxtrot. The Ivory Coast is poised to become a regional gas exporter.

The downstream sector is an important part of the economy. Côte d’Ivoire has a complex refinery at Abidjan with an adjacent bitumen plant. The state’s interest in both plants has been scheduled for privatisation. The refinery receives crude via pipeline from the Lion and Panthere fields. It also receives crude from Nigeria. A major pipeline project from Côte d’Ivoire to Cameroon is being planned.

The Ivory Coast is self sufficient in producing refined petroleum products and is also a major supplier to the West African region.

Still appears they are not a major producer of oil

 mzpro5 wrote: 
Corrected alright...

I just wanted to point out that there is oil and a lot more than your 1986 ?? figure states.

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
Sure.  Technically  I stand corrected there is oil there but not enough to make any difference.

See Here

Agip of Italy and Tenneco of the United States drilled exploratory wells elsewhere along the coast, but neither found sufficient reserves to continue exploration. In 1985, as world oil prices dropped and projected yields from Côte d'Ivoire's fields were reduced to more realistic levels, both Phillips and Exxon had halted exploratory and development drilling in their oil fields. Moreover, production in the existing fields failed to attain projected output, and the government's target of achieving selfsufficiency in oil production was never reached. Total oil production declined a further 5 percent in 1986 to less than 20,000 bpd, while national consumption exceeded 30,000 bpd. By the end of 1988, Exxon had halted production from the Bélier field and capped its wells.

 miamizsun wrote: 
Agree

 mzpro5 wrote: 
Care to google that ?

Fighting rages in Ivory Coast; 800 dead in one town alone

Here we have actual massacre of citizens trying to get their lawfully elected govt. in power. 

Where is the outrage from Obama?  where is the humanitarian military aid?

Oh what's that you say?  The Ivory Coast doesn't have any oil.

 mzpro5 wrote: 
It's also important that we start making conscious decisions to reduce our consumption of these resources.

 mzpro5 wrote: 
Support Planned Parenthood

 hippiechick wrote: 
Almost all of them are related to the last one listed - Population.  You can take each one trace it back to over population in the world.

Unless we seriously address the population situation we will continue to have those problems and eventually fall.

 romeotuma wrote: 
I watched this show on ABC called Earth 2100 and it was scary as shit, like one of those post apacolyptic movies, but true.

 romeotuma wrote: 
They are all pretty much interrelated, don't you think?

 romeotuma wrote: 
the USA just keeps poking a hornets nest and then says we gotta take over and lock you down domestically because of the angry hornets.

can't we just take care of our own house and leave people the f**k alone, like mind our own business?

peace

Here Come "The Boots On The Ground": EU Approves "Possible" Military Operation For Libya
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/01/2011 14:49 -0400

 

While it has been made very clear that no US "boots" would be on the ground in Libya, except for those beloning to CIA operatives of course, no such stigma applies to Europe. Which is why we were not surprised to read the following from RIA Novosti: "The European Council on Friday approved the decision to mount an EU military operation to support humanitarian efforts in Libya, if asked to do so by the United Nations. "The EU will, if requested by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), conduct a military operation in...order to support humanitarian assistance in the region," the council statement read." Of course, humantiarian assistance only works best with silver tipped warheads and laser scopes. And honestly who didn' expect that the goal for Triopli's oil would mean a land invasion any minute? Oil most certainly did, with WTI just closing at a fresh 2.5 year high of $108.

 

Scahill shining some light on the situation.

Ivory Coast

Many hundreds have been killed since the election and attacks on civilians are frequent. One of the last peaceful, sustained expressions of public dissent in the city — women protesting with branches symbolizing peace — was mowed down in volleys of machine-gun fire from Gbagbo security forces. Human Rights Watch said on March 16 that such repression against civilians “gives every indication of amounting to crimes against humanity.”

Obama (paraphrased): every situation is different.
The difference:  Oil that Europeans depend on.

 jagdriver wrote:
  You're so silly. Everybody knows the Koch brothers are in charge. Where have YOU been?

 Southern_Boy wrote: 
Wait... Obama isn't running this country?

 katzendogs wrote: 

 hippiechick wrote: 
Got damn GB. Oh wait.