Saturday, June 16, 2007

Sudha M - on India's energy dependence

This three part series really did have me scared about just where India is headed (or not headed) with it's energy needs.
http://www.newsinsight.net/archivefeatures/nat2.asp?recno=77&ctg=
It deserves to be read in full because it holds the key to understanding many things including

1- Why rags such as the Economist and NYT suddenly love to hate Putin (because he screws them over and has no compunctions in dealing with anyone that wants to buy)
2- Why China will win in the long run if things go on like this. Having said that China is in a bad zone as well with high transport costs from everywhere - except Russia and Central Asia
3- Why (In keeping with 2-) above), China has invested heavily in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - so as to curtail American influence and dilute Russian dominance
4- Why the key to Pakistan's future survival (and India's demise) is the Gwadar port - it means that oil to China does not have to travel through the Straits of Malacca; thus lowering costs (and neutralising an Indo-US naval blockade). As a bonus to China - they will let their lackeys in Pakistan eat a few crumbs from the oil flow - just enough to fund the ISI!
5- Why in the long run Pakistan has tied itself to Chinese - and not American - dominance in the region. As on 'terrorism' so in energy - the Pakis play Uncle Sam.
6- Why Pakistan will never allow the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline (so much for Wagah candle-lighting)
7- Why on a 'nuclear co-operation' act passed by the US Congress; India's relationship with a third country - Iran finds mention.After all, once we have estranged ourselves of the Iranians; we have to supplicate to mighty Yankee to play Daddy
8- Why to achieve above goal 7) above- Tom Lantos and other dirty mouth Congressmen write friendly public 'love letters' to our Prime Minister
9- Why Iran desperately wants the Yankees project in Iraq to fail - so that it can do as it pleases with it's own oil. (including sell it to us)

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