tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post3991301802283228566..comments2024-03-25T07:40:59.657+00:00Comments on Political Dissuasion: It's our oil - a new ScotlandPolitical Dissuasionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11444377943477287319noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-24776125690372397682010-01-21T00:12:17.695+00:002010-01-21T00:12:17.695+00:00Hello,
I have a video you may be interested in f...Hello, <br /><br />I have a video you may be interested in for your blog.<br /><br />It is a discussion between Noam Chomsky and Kate Albright-Hanna, the director of video for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. <br /><br />Noam discusses the first year of Obama's presidency, global activism and the survival of the human species as a cause for concern.<br /><br />Do get in touch if this is of interest.<br /><br />Kind regards,Krista from theneonhub.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889677183629243507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-68135554274880616822009-12-20T22:43:51.321+00:002009-12-20T22:43:51.321+00:00"I mean that I believe that if the oil is fou..."I mean that I believe that if the oil is found in Scotland it should, predominantly benefit Scots as it's our oil, but it didn't (well, not as much as I believe fair)."<br /><br />Oh yes it did, and it continues to do so.<br /><br />http://nat-mythbusting.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-scotland-office-oil-paper_21.html<br /><br /><br />Now, you may (as I do) wish that all that cash had gone to more useful ends than paying the welfare bills of West Central Scotland and Dundee, but it didn't happen.<br /><br />Thinking about it, for there to have been a significant Scottish annual surplus allowint the accumulation of an "oil fund" would probably have required Scottish "independence" to have happened somewhere in the 1930s, so as to avoid the accumulation of the WW2 debt.<br /><br />This then leads on to all sorts of uncertainty about whether "independent" Scotland could have avoided Nazi or Soviet occupation.<br /><br />Curious.sm753https://www.blogger.com/profile/04474549226665639347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-41272172852019910722009-12-20T21:46:12.518+00:002009-12-20T21:46:12.518+00:00sm,
To start with, I don't want to ruin the s...sm,<br /><br />To start with, I don't want to ruin the show for you, but the programme doesn't mention "diomhair" (which I'd never heard of before). When I say we got screwed, I mean that I believe that if the oil is found in Scotland it should, predominantly benefit Scots as it's our oil, but it didn't (well, not as much as I believe fair).<br /><br />"you do the math". If you have a spare few hours, you could traipse back through my posts and realise that I neither will or have the ability to do the math.<br /><br />I do get the point you are trying to make includin gthat link, but that link itself is a weak argument.<br /><br />Bottom line for me? I love windfarms. Carpetbomb our country with them.Political Dissuasionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444377943477287319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-37640107878141179782009-12-20T20:13:37.686+00:002009-12-20T20:13:37.686+00:00"We got screwed."
How?
The *facts* abo..."We got screwed."<br /><br />How?<br /><br />The *facts* about the production and revenue forecasts were on the Parliamentary record from 1973 and 1975, respectively.<br /><br />The parties' 1974 manifestos made full reference to oil and oil revenues.<br /><br />There was *no* "cover-up", nor any "lies".<br /><br />[I will be doing a further blog post meself on this. Sometime. I haven't actually watched the Oliver prog - if it has ended up repeating the BBC Alba "Diomhair" lies, I will need to do something about it.]<br /><br />As for renewables being a "new oil", I'm afraid not. Do the math.<br /><br />http://nat-mythbusting.blogspot.com/2009/06/saudi-arabia-of-renewable-energy_10.html<br /><br />All these windy / wavy things *may* be worth having, but there is no way they will replace oil, in terms of physical energy or tax revenue.sm753https://www.blogger.com/profile/04474549226665639347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-15994610725529786502009-12-20T18:56:29.676+00:002009-12-20T18:56:29.676+00:00That's what this programme made me think... mo...That's what this programme made me think... more than any other argument ever made in favour of independence.<br /><br />There are indeed years of oil left, but in comparison to what there was, the money Scotland could have made (£xbillion goes a lot further shared between 5m people, rather than 60m) and although what is left is not exactly a pittance, it's not enough to build a country on, long term.<br /><br />I'm not a pro-independence person, but if we take the petty crap out of the debate, the history and the opportunity, I can see the benefits, in spite of the obvious pitfalls. The programme has certainly opened my eyes a bit to the FACTS of it all and Labour scare stories (combined with some of SNPs romantic notions) obscure from the real debate.Political Dissuasionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444377943477287319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395424456494147830.post-72018670322729777932009-12-20T17:59:52.455+00:002009-12-20T17:59:52.455+00:00Still years of oil extraction left in the North Se...Still years of oil extraction left in the North Sea and potential new reserves on the Atlantic coast. But whatever resources Scotland has it requires independence to benefit from them. Otherwise it all heads south.McGonagallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887321534801112949noreply@blogger.com