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<br> The History of Oil is entertaining, humorous, and eye-opening.<br><br> Newman's view of the origins of WWI in terms of geostrategical conflicts between<br>the UK and Germany makes much more sense on its face than what we were taught<br>in school. Was the Archduke Ferdinand such a Great Man, Newman asks, that his<br>assassination could set the European powers at each others' throats?<br><br> Newman points out that while railroads and battleships had been running on coal, <br>emerging military technologies (trucks, tanks, aircraft) required oil. Oil also allowed<br>naval blockades to be run much more efficiently because it could be transferred from<br>tanker to ship on station, while coal-fired ships had to go home to refuel. The <br>problem was that neither Britain nor Germany had domestic oil supplies.<br><br> Britain was already exploiting oil deposits in Iran. Germany was busily constructing <br>a railroad from Berlin to Baghdad to secure its own oil source, and the Brits not only<br>wanted to deny them the oil, they also feared that German influence in the Persian<br>Gulf could help destabilize India. <br><br> It pisses me off that as kids we're all taught that the conflict came from the murder<br>of some guy in a funny hat.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 01:45:46 -0700<br>> From: tnharter@aceweb.com<br>> To: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Robert Newman's History of Oil (LIVE) Friday My 13th, Peace Center 7 PM<br>> <br>> <br>> Movie: Robert Newman's History of Oil (LIVE)<br>> When: Friday, May 13 2011 @ 07:00 PM -<br>> Where: San Jose Peace and Justice Center<br>> 48 South 7th St<br>> San Jose, CA 95112<br>> <br>> More Details: This live comedy was recorded using bicycle power in a<br>> small London theater with and enthusiastic audience. It has much well<br>> thought out background on the oil issue that isn't usually covered.<br>> Answers to such questions as "what did the Nazi story look like to a<br>> normal German?" are part of the narrative flow. This movie was sent<br>> to me (Tian) by a New Zealand Green that said it's really good. I saw <br>> it. I think it's so great I've talked the Green Party movie committee<br>> into showing it Friday the 13th. Hope to see you there!<br>> -- <br>> Tian<br>> http://tian.greens.org<br>> Latest change: now I've a blue tooth in the right side of my lower jaw.<br>> The red security brick is on The All American Video Game Company. (4/29)<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<br>> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss<br> </body>
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