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The army does not extract and market oil. Just because they depend on it doesn't mean they can predict worldwide reserves, rates of consumption, and economic ef
by zeteo 16y ago
The army does not extract and market oil. Just because they depend on it doesn't mean they can predict worldwide reserves, rates of consumption, and economic effects of fluctuations in the oil supply. Heck, the oil companies themselves are hard pressed to do a small subset of all of these tasks.
- blantonl 16y agothis is analogous to saying that a food corporation has no ability to predict worldwide reserves, consumption, and the economic effects of the wheat that they consume. Or that an airline doesn't employ economists that closely monitor oil consumption and supply. Army's spend an incredible amount of time looking at the long term effects of the oil supply chain.