The Spice Must Flow
Oil speculation reminds me of one thing. This one thing is the movie dune and the quote from it “The Spice must flow.” This quote is said over and over about the spice which is important to all aspects of life at this point in human existence. Its used for space ship navigation, used as a narcotic drug and basically allows for the livelihood of all humans. I think oil is very much like this in many respects. Mostly because people are willing to pay the outrageous prices being forced on us by OPEC and oil companies. I am not naive enough to believe that oil prices are only due to OPEC though. With oil companies posting record profit years I can not bring myself to believe its not just price gouging on their account.
Anyways the other reason I find myself thinking of the dune analogy is because if you think about it most of the oil is controlled by Middle Eastern countries with loads of oil just under the sand. In the books for Dune and the movies the spice is controlled by a single planet, Arrakis. This control allows for them to pretty much dictate to the rest of the galaxy a price they see as “necessary”. I think part of the reason OPEC and oil companies are doing this right now though is because they know that their days are numbered. With an almost constant outcry for alternative sources of energy they know that when that new technology comes out they are not going to have the control or presence they have now. I gladly look forward to the day we operate on alternative energy and humanity can flip the bird at all oil companies. We can all sit around and laugh joyfully as the oil companies go bankrupt because they were to stupid to invest time into creating these alternative energy sources.
Granted I still havent figured out how colossal sand worms fit into the analogy yet but I think it would be cool to just have giant sandworms out there. Anyways this is my thoughts on oil and mostly me being pissed at paying high prices for my car.
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