Just stop it. It isn't true. Yes the Saudis are evil. Yes they fund mosques and madrassas worldwide and it is very destructive. But energy racketeering by "environmental" groups for fun and profit is an American forte to which the Saudis are themselves green. Heck sauropod, it was you who found for me the material on the Convention on Nature Protection. That was 1941. Do you really think the Saudis were into that stuff back then? No way.
Remember: it isn't the oil companies themselves that are playing this game (although they certainly did when it came to MTBE in gasoline although the NRDC was the lead player (same thing)), it is their major stockholders who fund the greens, often laundering the money through other foundations. And yes, when you buy that stock you are a beneficiary.
Honestly I see the Muslims as willing pawns to the players. They can turn off the problem anytime they want by nuking Mecca. What better of a proxy army than a bunch of 7th century savages that cannot even make airplanes?
That is why I said the Rockefellers are in bed with the Saudis.
I am fully aware of the Nature Conservancy shell game, to which you alluded earlier. I was merely pointing out that the Saudis appear to have a self interest here and a hand in dirty dealing. The gentleman who pointed out that self-interest was correct in doing so.
I’m not standing behind the 90% figure either. But you cannot discount the Saudis’ self interest.
I’m not discounting the racket the Eco-fascists have behind bringing lawsuits and then settling with the EPA (or whomever) behind closed doors in a meeting to which you or I would not be invited. I am well aware of what the Ford Foundation, the Tides Foundation, etc. etc. are doing.
Demonizing the Saudis is not the answer. I’ve come to the sad conclusion that we would need to demonize more than half our own population. To my eyes, America appears bent on national suicide.
Cheers.