Re: Ethical Oil

Too bad its a satire.... I'd like to join !!!!!

On Sep 4, 12:57 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  ** **
>
> [image: Americans 4 OPEC] <http://ethicaloil.org/>****
>
> * This photo is a satire****
>
> For more than 40 years, we Americans have powered our businesses, fueled our
> cars, and made our lives more comfortable with the help of OPEC oil.****
>
> We think that special relationship is worth protecting.****
>
> That's why we've started a new group to do just that: Americans4OPEC.
> Currently, the Obama Administration is on the verge of approving a pipeline
> that could deliver nearly a million barrels of Canada's "oil sands" oil to
> American markets every single day, reducing US dependence on our OPEC
> friends. Every barrel of oil we buy from Canada undermines our support for
> our traditional OPEC allies by displacing OPEC imports. We appreciate, and
> are grateful for the fact that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Venezuela and
> the United Arab Emirates have kept America supplied with oil, reasonably
> consistently, for decades. We have come to depend on our OPEC friends and
> they have come to depend on us. The pipeline from Canada will even displace
> new sources of OPEC oil, like Venezuela's heavy crude. That's no way to
> treat a friend.****
>
> Americans4OPEC was founded to let our political leaders know that we cherish
> that special relationship.****
>
> Unfortunately, bullying by the Canadian prime minister and the Canadian oil
> industry, and this bizarre "ethical oil" argument that seems to imply Canada
> is a more tolerant, open, and ethical country than our traditional allies in
> OPEC regimes, have succeeded in getting the pipeline through several stages
> of the U.S. government's approval process. We have to stop Keystone XL
> before it's too late. That's why Americans4OPEC is speaking out for
> America's best interests — telling President Obama that we don't want
> Canada's oil. And with our partners in OPEC ready, willing and able to sell
> us all the oil we want, we don't need the Keystone XL pipeline, either. We
> don't need new sources of oil as long as we can continue being supplied by
> existing sources. Join us, Americans4OPEC*, in standing up against Canada's
> oil and standing up for our valuable, longtime OPEC allies.****
>
> * Americans4OPEC is not a real organization, but a satire created by
> EthicalOil.org <http://ethicaloil.org/> to highlight the choice Americans
> now have: A choice between several more decades of dependency on OPEC's
> conflict oil or a future built on reliable, secure, and peaceful ethical oil
> from neighboring Canada.****
>
>  ****
>  Americans4OPEC: Blame Canada!****
>
> September 1st, 2011  |  By: Alykhan****
>
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>  ****
>
> Earlier today, I snapped a few photos of Americans4OPEC, which today joined
> the anti-Keystone XL protests outside the White House. Here's one of the
> photos and the group's press statement. You can visit their website at
> Americans4OPEC.com <http://americans4opec.com/>****
>
> <http://www.ethicaloil.org/media/2011/09/IMG_1118-protest.jpg>****
>
> Americans4OPEC statement, which is available on their website:****
>
> "For more than 40 years, we Americans have powered our businesses, fueled
> our cars, and made our lives more comfortable with the help of OPEC oil.****
>
> We think that special relationship is worth protecting.****
>
> That's why we've started a new group to do just that: Americans4OPEC.
> Currently, the Obama Administration is on the verge of approving a pipeline
> that could deliver nearly a million barrels of Canada's "oil sands" oil to
> American markets every single day, reducing US dependence on our OPEC
> friends. Every barrel of oil we buy from Canada undermines our support for
> our traditional OPEC allies by displacing OPEC imports. We appreciate, and
> are grateful for the fact that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Venezuela and
> the United Arab Emirates have kept America supplied with oil, reasonably
> consistently, for decades. We have come to depend on our OPEC friends and
> they have come to depend on us. The pipeline from Canada will even displace
> new sources of OPEC oil, like Venezuela's heavy crude. That's no way to
> treat a friend.****
>
> Americans4OPEC was founded to let our political leaders know that we cherish
> that special relationship.****
>
> Unfortunately, bullying by the Canadian prime minister and the Canadian oil
> industry, and this bizarre "ethical oil" argument that seems to imply Canada
> is a more tolerant, open, and ethical country than our traditional allies in
> OPEC regimes, have succeeded in getting the pipeline through several stages
> of the U.S. government's approval process. We have to stop Keystone XL
> before it's too late. That's why Americans4OPEC is speaking out for
> America's best interests — telling President Obama that we don't want
> Canada's oil. And with our partners in OPEC ready, willing and able to sell
> us all the oil we want, we don't need the Keystone XL pipeline, either. We
> don't need new sources of oil as long as we can continue being supplied by
> existing sources. Join us, Americans4OPEC*, in standing up against Canada's
> oil and standing up for our valuable, longtime OPEC allies.****
>
> * Americans4OPEC is not a real organization, but a satire created by
> EthicalOil.org <http://ethicaloil.org/> to highlight the choice Americans
> now have: A choice between several more decades of dependency on OPEC's
> conflict oil or a future built on reliable, secure, and peaceful ethical oil
> from neighboring Canada."****
>
>  IMG_1118-protest-300x225.jpg
> 36KViewDownload
>
>  americans4opec.jpg
> 346KViewDownload

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