Language

Carpe Diem!!!

Submitted March 5, 2004 - 1:58 pm by David Keating
What do you think of these threats by Venezuela of an oil embargo?  I wonder if that would have a strong effect upon the US and possible force the Bush Administration to do something rash and stupid?  It makes me think that if Venezuela wants an oil embargo to have a strong effect it would seem now is the time:

http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt? action=cpt&title=USATODAY.com+-+U.S.+sees+caus e+for+concern+over+gas&expire=&urlID=95010 97&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com% 2Fmoney%2Findustries%2Fenergy%2F2004-03-05-gas-pri ces_x.htm&partnerID=1661

U.S. sees cause for concern over gas
By James R. Healey and James Cox, USA TODAY

EXERPT

"The government amplified concern Thursday about rising gasoline prices and repeated a warning of possible shortages, but it didn't offer relief for either.
"This administration is extremely concerned" about the near-record gas prices, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said, strengthening a department statement a day earlier that said "spikes in gasoline prices are always of concern."

Separately, the head of the department's Energy Information Administration, Guy Caruso, told a Senate panel that "many signs are pointing to a tight gasoline market this driving season," repeating the caution about possible shortages from a recent EIA analysis."

...

Reply

Our Policy on Comment Submissions: Co-publishers of Narco News (which includes The Narcosphere and The Field) may post comments without moderation. All co-publishers comment under their real name, have contributed resources or volunteer labor to this project, have filled out this application and agreed to some simple guidelines about commenting.

Narco News has recently opened its comments section for submissions to moderated comments (that’s this box, here) by everybody else. More than 95 percent of all submitted comments are typically approved, because they are on-topic, coherent, don’t spread false claims or rumors, don’t gratuitously insult other commenters, and don’t engage in commerce, spam or otherwise hijack the thread. Narco News reserves the right to reject any comment for any reason, so, especially if you choose to comment anonymously, the burden is on you to make your comment interesting and relevant. That said, as you can see, hundreds of comments are approved each week here. Good luck in your comment submission!

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

User login