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| Ecuador to Europe: Pay us not to drill in Amazon | |
| 2009-10-27 | |
$3B or the planet gets it!
Germany and Spain have expressed interest in President Rafael Correa's idea, which environmentalists say could set a precedent in the fight against global warming by lowering the high cost to poor countries of going green. "This is the first time the government of a major oil-producing country has voluntarily offered to forego lucrative oil extraction in order to help combat climate change," said Dr. Matt Finer, staff scientist for Save America's Forests and author of a study on Correa's initiative. But Correa's idea is two years old and he has yet to receive a firm cash commitment. Under the plan, rich countries would pay Ecuador at least half the revenues that the 850 million barrels of heavy crude oil estimated to be in Ecuador's remote Yasuni National Park would be expected to generate over the next 10 years -- or about $3 billion. Correa is scheduled to meet with the British Parliament members Wednesday to discuss the proposal and plans to travel to Canada, France, Sweden, Belgium and the United States in November. First Correa should head to North Correa to learn the finer points of extracting cash from the capitalists. I have a counter proposal. Pay me $250K/year or I promise to drive a gas guzzler to work 250 or more days/year. That's no idle threat my freunde und amigos. | |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 Actually, I figure he might stick by that agreement. There's a chance that money and income from drilling will go into the general economy without his approval. But aid money.... paid directly to his government... for him to disperse... ain't _nobody_ getting any money before it's passed through his kidneys first. Instead of workers getting paid, it's _all_ him and his clients. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-10-27 23:27 |
| #5 Hey, you guys want to go drill in what the natives like to call "The Green Hell", go to it. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-10-27 16:00 |
| #4 This agreement will last right up to the point where the revenues on the oil will out-strip what they have been paid. then it will be . . . pay us some more . . . then more . . . since you are already in the hole, why not more . . . a little more please? Then they will invalidate the agreement and drill anyway. |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2009-10-27 15:22 |
| #3 Kennedy is DEAD, drill offshore Massatuchets NOW. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-27 14:18 |
| #2 eco blackmail = "greenmail"? |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2009-10-27 10:05 |
| #1 Long ago I predicted the UN (or other group) would buy up Amazonian property to protect it from being exploited. That hasnt really happened, yet. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-10-27 08:51 |