Chaos as Iraq limits driving to save fuel

[AZBlue]

The first line says it all:
"The country with the world's third largest oil reserves should not run out of fuel."

Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.traffic.reut/index.html

Hmmmm....wonder where all the oil went? Well, let's see, it's not in the US or we wouldn't be paying $3+/gallon for gas.

Has anyone checked Bush's back yard??

[tabasco]

1. Everything's going according to plan.

Running out of gas in Iraq.

Now the real plan is obvious. Sit on the Iraq oil and drive up prices.

Hey freepers - WE TOLD YOU SO YOU FUCKING MORONS !

[Barrett808]

2. The Iraqi "government" did warn of rationing a few weeks ago. n/t

[NYC]

3. Odd and even license plates.

...ordered half the capital's car fleet off the roads on any given day.

Tuesday was the first day of the new rule, and only cars with licence plates ending in an odd number could take to the streets. And an odd day it proved for drivers...

Others were angry, like taxi driver Amir al-Hameeri, who did not take his car out on Tuesday, fearful of a fine equivalent to $20 if his even-numbered licence plate was spotted.

"It's a ruthless decision against the poor," he grumbled. "How can I feed my family now?"

Confused Baghdad motorists cannot expect much help from their mayor.

"I learned about it from TV yesterday," Hussein al-Tahhan told Reuters. "Neither I nor the chief of traffic police knew anything about it."

[krkaufman]

7. Not allowing taxicabs 24x7 privileges seems asinine. n/t

[FloridaPat]

4. There was a post yesterday by someone who worked for the oil

companies or a company that supplied drilling equipment. He said he had talked to a lot of the people and what they are doing is drilling, finding oil, then capping the wells. They said that when the price goes up enough, they would uncap the wells. He thought the price was $100 a barrel.

[NYC]

5. Do you mean in Iraq?

Or somewhere else?

[BlueJac]

6. Haliburton....

In there secret holding tanks for total oil manipulation in the future. :sarcasm:




Can anyone be sure??

[AZBlue]

8. Wouldn't surprise me