T. BOONE PICKENS- THE UNITED STATES SHOULD STOP PURCHASING MID EAST OIL!!!!! - GoMarcellusShale.com2024-03-29T07:54:38Zhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/t-boone-pickens-the-united-states-should-stop-purchasing-mid-east?commentId=2274639%3AComment%3A729631&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHasn't it been said, that onc…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-20:2274639:Comment:7296312016-04-20T03:02:45.943ZJoseph-Ohiohttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/JosephEPowell
<p>Hasn't it been said, that once the problem is identified, those who wish to solve it are half way there ? ?</p>
<p>Or something like that ? ?</p>
<p>Guess we'll have to wait and see.......</p>
<p>Hasn't it been said, that once the problem is identified, those who wish to solve it are half way there ? ?</p>
<p>Or something like that ? ?</p>
<p>Guess we'll have to wait and see.......</p> Wonder what those 28 pages wo…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-19:2274639:Comment:7287382016-04-19T13:28:43.794ZJoseph-Ohiohttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/JosephEPowell
<p>Wonder what those 28 pages would tell us about SA and 911 ? ?</p>
<p>Administration seems worried about sharing the facts based on what we're all reading / seeing / hearing said in the news.</p>
<p>How deeply is the 'Kingdom' involved in 911 I wonder ? ?</p>
<p>Plenty besides me and mine would like to know.</p>
<p>We need to be done with them IMHO.</p>
<p>Not thinking they're that friendly myself.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of us.</p>
<p>Wonder what those 28 pages would tell us about SA and 911 ? ?</p>
<p>Administration seems worried about sharing the facts based on what we're all reading / seeing / hearing said in the news.</p>
<p>How deeply is the 'Kingdom' involved in 911 I wonder ? ?</p>
<p>Plenty besides me and mine would like to know.</p>
<p>We need to be done with them IMHO.</p>
<p>Not thinking they're that friendly myself.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of us.</p> Right ON Mike
tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-18:2274639:Comment:7281982016-04-18T19:15:54.290Zwandering jujuhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/wanderingjuju
<p>Right ON Mike</p>
<p></p>
<p>Right ON Mike</p>
<p></p> You were warned........tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-18:2274639:Comment:7283022016-04-18T19:07:20.127ZJim Litwinowiczhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/JimLitwinowicz
<p>You were warned........</p>
<p>You were warned........</p> If the price of oil on the wo…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-18:2274639:Comment:7283012016-04-18T18:41:24.739Zgeorge m vietzehttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/georgemvietze
<p>If the price of oil on the world market is XXXX(market price)</p>
<p></p>
<p>If American companies purchase oil NOT from mid-eastern cartel</p>
<p>and this government would give those purchases a tax-incentive,</p>
<p>could that not create more dollars for this country or at least countries</p>
<p>that are more favorable to our economy. Or what can this country do</p>
<p>to give us more independence from ME oil???? </p>
<p>If the price of oil on the world market is XXXX(market price)</p>
<p></p>
<p>If American companies purchase oil NOT from mid-eastern cartel</p>
<p>and this government would give those purchases a tax-incentive,</p>
<p>could that not create more dollars for this country or at least countries</p>
<p>that are more favorable to our economy. Or what can this country do</p>
<p>to give us more independence from ME oil???? </p> No Doubt
tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-18:2274639:Comment:7282962016-04-18T18:06:05.147Zwandering jujuhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/wanderingjuju
<p>No Doubt</p>
<p></p>
<p>No Doubt</p>
<p></p> I've learned enough about you…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-15:2274639:Comment:7282342016-04-15T23:46:53.360ZJoseph-Ohiohttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/JosephEPowell
<p>I've learned enough about you to realize we see things from basically polar opposite positions and that's how it will remain.</p>
<p>Didn't you learn that too ? But, maybe not afterall ? If not you are the one who has not learned the most important lesson of our exchange.</p>
<p>Argument between polar opposite perspectves does nothing to educate beyond amplifying differences.</p>
<p>I'm smart enough to realize discussions with you serve no other purpose and teach either of us nothing…</p>
<p>I've learned enough about you to realize we see things from basically polar opposite positions and that's how it will remain.</p>
<p>Didn't you learn that too ? But, maybe not afterall ? If not you are the one who has not learned the most important lesson of our exchange.</p>
<p>Argument between polar opposite perspectves does nothing to educate beyond amplifying differences.</p>
<p>I'm smart enough to realize discussions with you serve no other purpose and teach either of us nothing new.</p>
<p>So have a good day dude - time to let it go.</p>
<p>These are of course on!y MHOs and perspectives.</p> Hi Joseph-Ohio! I have been…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-15:2274639:Comment:7283222016-04-15T23:09:04.541ZThomas Malcolm Pendergasthttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/ThomasMalcolmPendergast
<p>Hi Joseph-Ohio! I have been posting a lot of comments for this discussion in a very large part because of you. You have said that you like to use Go Marcellus Shale to learn as much as you can. I don't see any indication that you have learned much at all. I suggested that you make use of EIA, IEA, NETL, Bricker and Eckler websites but it's not apparent to me that you've picked up much of anything or if you have, it's pretty much all rejection.</p>
<p>That's not humble opinion; it's rigid…</p>
<p>Hi Joseph-Ohio! I have been posting a lot of comments for this discussion in a very large part because of you. You have said that you like to use Go Marcellus Shale to learn as much as you can. I don't see any indication that you have learned much at all. I suggested that you make use of EIA, IEA, NETL, Bricker and Eckler websites but it's not apparent to me that you've picked up much of anything or if you have, it's pretty much all rejection.</p>
<p>That's not humble opinion; it's rigid arrogance. I'm very disappointed. </p> We disagree.
That has not cha…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-15:2274639:Comment:7283212016-04-15T22:29:47.055ZJoseph-Ohiohttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/JosephEPowell
<p>We disagree.</p>
<p>That has not changed and won't.</p>
<p>Call it my fault that we do - I do not care.</p>
<p>Over and out TMP.</p>
<p>J-O</p>
<p>We disagree.</p>
<p>That has not changed and won't.</p>
<p>Call it my fault that we do - I do not care.</p>
<p>Over and out TMP.</p>
<p>J-O</p> Dear Joseph-Ohio,
I'd like to…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2016-04-15:2274639:Comment:7282252016-04-15T19:25:56.473ZThomas Malcolm Pendergasthttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/ThomasMalcolmPendergast
<p>Dear Joseph-Ohio,</p>
<p>I'd like to reply to your last post line by line:</p>
<p>Good for them - they IMO are the lucky ones.</p>
<p>I don't think it's luck. The people that work in the companies that I mentioned in my last post, whether they are Saudis, Americans or any other nationality are dedicated professionals (engineers for the most part). They studied in school to prepare for careers in companies like Honeywell, Halliburton, Foster-Wheeler, Bechtel and so on. Over the past 35…</p>
<p>Dear Joseph-Ohio,</p>
<p>I'd like to reply to your last post line by line:</p>
<p>Good for them - they IMO are the lucky ones.</p>
<p>I don't think it's luck. The people that work in the companies that I mentioned in my last post, whether they are Saudis, Americans or any other nationality are dedicated professionals (engineers for the most part). They studied in school to prepare for careers in companies like Honeywell, Halliburton, Foster-Wheeler, Bechtel and so on. Over the past 35 years, those companies and their employees have made a lot of progress. It is not luck that made them successful: it's dedication and determination to persevere against any obstacles that came their way. It's guts and drive, not luck.</p>
<p>However, I'm guessing there are alot more people than they who are / were super adversely affected by chasing ME oil / profits.</p>
<p>How can you say that? There are at least 700 American companies, large and small, operating successfully in Saudi Arabia. 75 years ago when American companies first arrived in that nomadic, impoverished country, there were huge barriers to success. But succeed they did. Today, it is 200% easier for a foreign firm to set up business than it was 75 years ago. They're not "chasing ME oil / profits"; they're building strong businesses. Again, that takes guts and drive. They love what they do. It's not solely about money. If that's all it were, I guarantee you, they'd fail.</p>
<p>Consider only the wars / nine-eleven to date.</p>
<p>Focus on the negative. That's easy. It's a lot harder to find anything positive. I know from personal experience. I've worked on projects that have had failure after failure after failure. But after each failure, there is learning and improvement, until you reach the satisfaction of building a world-class product. Again, that's not luck. It's guts and drive.</p>
<p>Let's weigh the good against the bad.</p>
<p>75 years ago Saudi Arabia was a society of nomadic Bedouins living in tents heated by dried camel dung, no running water, no electricity and a population of 3,000,000. Today it's 30,000,000 of which 9,000,000 are foreigners. 75 years ago, nobody considered them a threat. Let's guesstimate that 15,000,000 Saudis are of working age and all 9,000,000 of the foreigners are of working age. 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers that killed 3,000 people (Americans and foreigners) were Saudis. So, 14,999,985 working age Saudis minus say 1,000 or 2,000 criminals who don't discriminate between native and foreigner. Do you honestly think that the majority of Saudis are bad?</p>
<p>More good or more bad.</p>
<p>Our economy - stagnant or burgeoning ?</p>
<p>Ohio overall, not so good, not so bad. But I don't care about Toledo, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Let's just think about eastern Ohio from Mentor in the north to Marietta in the south. Pretty darn good I'd say. Compare the condition of Warren/Canton/Masillon/Akron of 2000 to today. Look at all the new industries and expanded, reinvigorated industries there and the new infrastructure and housing to support it. Travel through Carroll county today, all the county and township roads are freshly paved and you'll pass by many a new school building. Where'd all the money come from to pay for that?</p>
<p>I think stagnant myself.</p>
<p>Is that good or bad ?</p>
<p>I say bad - very bad overall.</p>
<p>Obviously we disagree - and that's alright with me.</p>