The world needs oil to power its economic engines. Tonnes
and tonnes of it. There are huge deposits of oil under the earth’s surface. The only
problem is that it is distributed unevenly across the world. So whoever can get hold of
this black gold becomes rich and powerful. Governments, mega companies and militaries
across the world are locked in a not-so-nice battle for this black, slick and gooey stuff.
On an average 15,000,000 cars and trucks are manufactured and sold in the United States
every year. The United States uses the most amount of petroleum in the world, and they
need to seek it from beyond their borders. Not just the US alone, but all nations of world
are locked in a bitter struggle for this black bounty...
All this, so that we have better technologies to protect us from hostile human and
natural enemies. The more we try and make ourselves ‘secure’, the more
vulnerable we are becoming. Something has to give way...
Events of Sept 11 shook up the world. I also pondered...why? My
wanderings and ponderings have made me collect a whole lot of information. Unproveable
maybe, but if indeed true, then a very disturbing story emerges. So is there a connection
between the annual production of 50,000,000 automobiles worldwide and terrorists? It seems
there is. It’s oil or petroleum. You may wonder how...