The Economist no longer buys the anti-European hype | 69 comments (69 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

That's an interesting idea I bring up at times.

The US is protecting our oil supplies at zero cost for us (Swedes). As a reward they get political influence which they might or might not manage to transform into wealth.

No matter what it's a win-win situation for us. That is, as long as the Americans don't go all squishy in the head. And that is the problem since about 2002.

And yes, our big weapons industry complain. I can live with that.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sat Dec 2nd, 2006 at 09:40:15 AM EST
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But the US goverment also use their political influence in ways that hurt our (non-military) industries. When it comes to standards they routinely throw in their political influence to guard their own industries in a way that hurts competition, often in Europe.

We might still (probably are) economic benefactors of the american empire, but the picture is a bit more complicated.

The question of course is benefactors compared to what? The obivious losers in the empire or our situation in another system?

One can imagine a world were oil supplies did not need to be guarded by an imperial strikeforce.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat Dec 2nd, 2006 at 10:36:40 AM EST
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The only example when European industry is discriminated against is when the US push countries to buy F-16 instead of JAS Gripen. Very sad, but still.

Okay, and all those Iraq construction contracts. But as the conqueror, America is the looter. It's only common sense they keep the profits for their own companies, those who payed for the war. Return on investment.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sat Dec 2nd, 2006 at 11:36:25 AM EST
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The Economist no longer buys the anti-European hype | 69 comments (69 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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