Your Eyewitness is just waiting for the squeals of protest from the woke brigade now that Pres Ali signed that MOU with the Dominican Republic on setting up a 50M barrel-per-day Oil Refinery here in dear ole Mudland!! The Government has already shortlisted four companies for a 30M refinery to be located in Berbice – and that precipitated righteous bleats of righteous indignation!! Well…how dare the Government add to the pollution of the planet to deliver cheap gasoline and bunker fuel, even though we’re paying through the nose for them right now!! And never mind that in light of the fact that more than EIGHTY MILLION BARRELS OF OIL ARE REFINED DAILY, our contribution won’t even register a blip!!
We gotta get our priorities “right”, these eco-activists scream…and if we gotta revert to the Stone Age to cut pollution, so be it!! In fact, they’ll also be screaming about the plant to produce urea for agriculture which the DR also signed on to…since that’s gonna add to the gas-to-shore pollution that’s already in the works at Wales!! Maybe we should turn to natural fertilizers like “night soil” that we will collect every morning from our “posies” that we should now keep under our beds?? What happened to cow dung, you ask, dear reader?? That produces methane – another pollutant that’s verboten by the woke brigade.
Anyhow, back to the oil refinery. Back when the PNC was in office, Trotman – who’d signed the giveaway contract with the Exxon consortium – had blurted out that Suriname would be refining our 14.5% that was our share of the oil profits. Suriname promptly bitch-slapped him something silly and told him to do his homework. All “oil” isn’t the same “oil”. For one, there’s “heavy” versus “light” oil…and Suriname’s refinery handles only heavy oil!! Then the Sanctimonious Gangster’s oil advisor – who was very oily, if the truth be told!! – announced there would be NO refinery on their watch. But when a local hustler proposed to build one in LINDEN – they somersaulted and said “so be it”!! So, whatever happened to that proposal?? Seems the grifter sees more potential in hemp. Because some ganja can be sneaked in??
It wasn’t until the PPP came into office that the dithering ceased and we had a clear policy on refining oil. And this was to address the national interest of GUYANA – and not the entire world!! Since we’re so tiny that none of the big guns consulted us over the last 400 years on how to conduct their affairs, why should we now take on that burden??
So, dear readers, if all goes well, we won’t just be satisfying our oil needs – but may be helping out the DR – a member of Cariforum!!
…and pollution commitments
The G-20 announcement about “delaying” implementation of the carious COP’s Accords on Climate Change is just that – a delaying tactic. They’re firmly in the Neanderthal camp that doesn’t even “believe” global warming’s caused by human activity. As if that’s a matter of “faith”, in which you have to “believe” or “not believe” – regardless of the evidence!!
So, the US, for instance, which only recently were overtaken by China to be the No 2 in carbon dioxide emissions, are now going to become a free rider. That is, they’ll continue to spew out carbon emissions, expecting other countries – such as Europe, China and India – to keep the world clean for them. That’s about as cynical as you can get. They became the “most developed nation” because, in their 19th and 20th century industrialisation drive, they contributed more than any other country to global warming. But they’re now saying, “Tough, sh*t!”
But it will be toughest for us…being already 5 feet below sea-level.
…and fire
The lawyer for the defendant charged with murder in the Mahdia fire says “intention” – necessary to prove “murder” – wasn’t present. So, if the stated intention was to burn the dorm down, the very intelligent 16-year-old didn’t think someone could die??
