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HERE IS A LINK TO THE STORY Petroleum Petroleum, by Gustav Meyrink
in English…

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In 1903, Austrian banker, writer and occultist Gustav Meyrink 1868-1932 wrote a novella, “Petroleum, Petroleum”

From Article:

After the last detonation, the oil was to flow from the underground deposit in Mexico into the ocean and form a glass surface, which continues to grow, taken by the gulf stream, soon covering the entire Atlantic surface. The coasts were barren and the population retreated into the interior of the land.

Instead of being arrested, in Meyrink’s story, Jessegrim is hired as a consultant. He says: “If the oil continues to spill as it does, it will have covered the oceans of the world in 27 to 29 weeks and there will be no more rains, ever, as water can not evaporate anymore. At best, it will rain petroleum.”

In Meyrink’s story, the perpetrator is motivated by blind hatred of humanity: The destruction of the “crowd” was seen by Meyrink/Jessegrim as possible only through a “god-given scourge” – meaning, the oil apocalypse.

Meyrink was frequenting such circles. Not only the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, but also the “Germania” lodge, the first lodge of the Theosophist Society. It was founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, who also founded the magazine “Lucifer”.

I have resisted the temptation of writing any commentary of the “Disaster” in the Gulf Of Mexico. And it is, exactly that, a disaster that is overshadowing the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1979.

I have resisted writing anything, because , I wanted to be fair to BP. After all, I don’t know jack, about oil drilling…period. Especially at depths of 4900 feet plus.

But Today, June 8 2010, the catastrophe is in it’s 50th day, and I am now at a point where I  have grown angry. Angry at BP for not taking the necessary precautions they should have, to prevent something like this from occurring. Angry that they are acting to this day, in what appears to be a haphazard, and relaxed manner.

For days the rumors have been swirling about, mismanagement, rushed work, safety systems that had mechanical and or electrical issues that were not addressed, flagrant disregard for procedure, finger pointing between BP and the owner of the Rig Trans Ocean,  oh and let us not forget the 11 People killed, and an environment damaged  to a point that is nightmarish.

Clean up crews, that appear to be minimalistic , are already getting ill from the inhalation of Methane, Benzene. Rumors are also circulating that these crews, most of which are privately contracted, are not being issued sufficient HazMat gear. BP has determined that situation is under control, and that Hazardous Material equipment is not needed.

Today once again, June 8, BP  claims they have capped the flow, and claim to be catching an estimated 5000 barrels of oil a day from the gargantuan flow. I have seen the live video of the flow, and I have to admit, that the estimates that up to 100,000 barrels a day are spewing forth, are unfortunately appearing to be an accurate estimation. If the estimate of 100,000 barrle estimate is correct, than BP is capturing 5% of it!!

I’m saddened every time I watch the live video, saddened, and angered.

Now if you haven’t seen the video of the flow, you can see it here.

http://www.jtnog.org/

The rate at which oil is gushing from this well, is substantial. even more so since BP cut the broken and bent, riser pipe  which was to a degree, restricting the flow.

So the first in a series of questions that should be asked:

1. Why did BP wait 40+ days to cap this well?
BP’s first concern should be the environmental damage that is being wreaked upon the gulf. However their activity seems to support the theory that they are working not on the premise of damage control, but on the premise of saving the well  first, and placing disaster control in the second spot.

2. I have looked closely at the broken Deep water Horizon riser as well as the supporting structure (Blow Out Preventer) for it. Another good question would be” Why doesn’t the BOP have a manual valve shutoff  in place, designed to be used in a disaster scenario such as this one?” Something simple, that could be turned by an ROV? This more than anything amazes me. If you are going to drill a well like this at this depth, why would not have redundant and generous safety systems in place?

3. The Russians in the early stages of this disaster, offered assistance in blowing the well up, completely cutting the flow. They claimed to have done it a few times successfully. in the past, but this offer of assistance was turned down by BP and the administration in D.C. Why?

4. Today On June 8, Reports are now coming in from Grande Isle LA. Reports of a substantial military presence, a presence that is restricting media, reporters, photographers. This leads one to believe that perhaps the situation is alot worse than BP and or the administration would have us believe. Why is there a military presence? Why aren’t they assisting in a massive cleanup effort?

Broadcast: http://www.manticoregroup.com/radio/2010/06jun/jamesfox2010.mp3

Solutions have been offered to BP, to stop the flow of oil, all of which have been turned down. Why?

The Van Den Noort Solution:
http://www.poketheeye.org/documents/VanDenNoort.pdf

The Alia Sabur Solution
http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/03/genius-21-year-old-offers-oil-crisis-solution/

I have to admit, and yes you can call me conspiracy theorist, but something smells  about this entire disaster, and it isn’t the smell of Crude I’m talking about.

BP Has done very little for all intent and purposes, with the exception of cutting the riser, which increased the flow of oil, and has sprayed massive amounts of oil dispersant into the water which is toxic in itself.  Can anyone argue that BP is intentionally either, dragging their feet in resolving this, or has lost complete control of the situation and will not admit it.

In addition, The Obama administration, also seems to have left BP to their own devices  in solving this disaster. One has to ask why the Federal Government is not more involved, especially at this stage 50 days into the disaster. Where is the Corps Of Engineers, why aren’t other oil companies involved in a solution?

This well, it has been stated by BP, as well as noted scientists, that if something is not done, will flow for 9000 days! The relief well solution, which BP claims will stop the flow, cannot be fully implemented until August. Take a look at the flow of oil in the live cams above. Can you imagine this flow running until August? And August is an optimistic estimate.

I Pray for the people in the gulf. I pray that a solution presents itself very soon. I suspect, and it is intuition, that if this continues even in the near term, the consequences will be dire.

PatriotG

How Russia Is About to Dramatically Change the World
January 5, 2010

The Trumpet.com

Over the next few days, Russia will change the world. It has completed a new oil pipeline and port complex that sets Russia up to become a more powerful oil exporter than Saudi Arabia. The ramifications for Europe and Asia are profound: The shape of the global economy—and the global balance of power—will be altered forever.
December 28 was a big day of ceremony in Russia. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pushed a button that transformed global oil dynamics—especially for Asia and Europe. The button released thousands of barrels of Siberian crude into a waiting Russian supertanker and heralded the opening of Russia’s first modern Pacific-based oil export facilities.

The multibillion-dollar, state-of-the-art oil terminal was a “great New Year present for Russia,” Putin said during the inauguration. The strategic terminal, located in the city of Kozmino on the coast of the Sea of Japan, is one of the “biggest projects in contemporary Russia” he said, not only in “modern Russia, but the former Soviet Union too.”

Putin has every right to be enthusiastic about his new port. Kozmino will unlock a two-way gate through which Russia’s vast Siberian oilfields will gush into Asia’s energy-hungry economies—and Chinese, Korean and Japanese currency will flow into Russia.

If just the seven ships currently waiting to berth are all filled during January, the port of Kozmino will instantly become Russia’s third-most important oil outlet.

According to Reuters, the first oil transport loads on January 15. In a symbolic move highlighting Russia’s warming relationship with China, Hong Kong will receive the first shipment.

After that, Kozmino’s importance will exponentially grow over the next year. Currently, all Siberian oil shipments into Kozmino are delivered by train—but that will soon change. Phase one of the East Siberian-Pacific Ocean Pipeline (espo) was also completed during December. Phase two will soon connect the Siberian fields directly to the new port. When phase two is finished in 2012, total exports could jump from the current rate of 250,000 barrels per day to over 1 million. Kozmino will transform into one of the largest oil centers in the world—capable of handling 16 percent of total Russian oil exports. It will be one of the most strategic geopolitical assets in Russia’s arsenal.

Russia pumped more than 10 million barrels of oil per day during November. With Saudi Arabian production falling, Russia is now the world’s largest oil exporter. Toss in Russia’s natural gas exports, and Russia is the biggest energy superpower in the world, by far. That does not even count Russia’s massive uranium resources and nuclear expertise.

But here is why the new port in Kozmino could radically affect the future of both Asia and Europe. For over a century, Russia’s entire energy infrastructure has focused mainly on supplying Europe. That has now changed forever!

The first and now-complete phase of the espo pipeline, which connects Russia’s Siberian oil fields to China, is already destabilizing global oil dynamics and shifting them in Russia’s direction. “espo is what political strategists might call a ‘game-changer,’” writes the Telegraph. “It means that Russia will be able to send its oil either east or west—so it can drive a harder bargain when selling crude to Europe” (emphasis mine throughout).

Previously, when Russia has had pricing disputes with Europe, Moscow had to play the embargo card with an obvious bluff. It had no other alternative outlet for its oil. Without the Europeans, its oil would sit in Samotlor and Tyanskoye, costing money instead of making it. But now Moscow can turn off the tap to Europe and still pump in the profits by opening the pipe wide to its energy-hungry Asian partners.

But Russia’s stranglehold on Europe is about to get even tighter—much tighter. By 2012, the espo pipeline will be twinned with a pipeline for natural gas exports so Russian gas supplies can also flow east instead of west if necessary.

This development is truly scary to Europeans.

Moscow has already demonstrated that it isn’t afraid to turn off Europe’s energy supplies when it feels it needs to. In the middle of winter 2006, Russia shut off gas supplies to Germany, and several other countries, in order to punish Ukraine. Since then, it has repeatedly used the same method to strong-arm its former Eastern European satellites back into accepting Russian dominance.

The message is clear: Russian oil and gas supplies are a weapon to be used—or not used—to freeze opponents into submission.

Europe, in a tenuous relationship with Russia to begin with, desperately needs to secure another source of energy. Only one other region in the world can supply the energy to warm and lubricate modern Europe’s homes and industries: the Middle East. Countries like Germany, which imports 90 percent of its oil, are now much more dependent on one of the most volatile regions of the world for power supplies.

It is inevitable that Berlin will seek to expand its ties with oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council members: the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and especially Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest petroleum producer. Europe has no choice but to become much more intimately involved with the affairs of the Middle East—a region from which 40 percent of its oil is currently derived.

It is therefore no surprise that Germany, the most dominant nation in Europe, has made sure it has troops on the ground surrounding this Middle Eastern “golden triangle” of energy production (Gulf Cooperation Council members plus Iran and Iraq). On the seas, the European Union’s naval presence is growing too. The European anti-piracy task force operates in both the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden. Forty percent of the world’s ocean-borne oil is shipped through the Gulf of Oman.

Europe is critically dependent on imported oil. And Germany knows it must have a strong presence in the world’s most oil-rich region if it is to secure its flow and the country’s future.

The Bible predicts that a major military clash will soon occur in the Middle East—specifically between a European power, led by Germany, and radical Islam, led by Iran.

Daniel 11:40-45 indicate that Iran will continue to push at this European power until it finally responds in “whirlwind,” blitzkrieg-type fashion. As we have explained for almost 20 years—and has been borne out repeatedly in real-world events—the “king of the south” spoken of in these verses is radical Islam under the leadership of Iran. And as Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has written, a big part of Iran’s push against Europe will involve oil.

The Middle East is a powder keg that could explode at any time. Syria dominates Lebanon and is stirring up trouble there. Iran is about to create a nuclear weapon and has said it wants to wipe Israel off the map. It is test firing missiles that can strike European capitals. Israel knows that the window to prevent Iran from getting the bomb is closing. Hamas is preparing to violently take East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital. Israel is about to release 1,000 terrorists back onto the streets in return for one captured Israeli soldier.

And to top it off, the world is in the midst of its worst depression since the 1930s. Oil prices remain above $70 per barrel, and the International Energy Agency has indicated that world oil production will now peak in 2020—10 years sooner than prior estimates. Some analysts think the world has already reached peak oil production.

In this climate of global instability, Russia’s recent moves on the world’s oil stage will be amplified in dramatic fashion. By unlocking Siberia’s energy reserves, Russia is simultaneously binding Asia together and lighting a fire under Europe. Watch for the development of an Asian alliance between Russia, China and Japan. And watch for Europe’s next moves toward the Middle East.