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War for Oil…Obama’s Lust in Afghanistan!

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The relationship between fossil fuels and Afghanistan has been written about extensively, just not that much by me. Afghanistan, a landlocked country, has essentially negligible petrochemical resources, but there are vast oil and natural gas fields in Central Asia to the north, notably in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan. Getting those fuels to American, Western European, and even Asian markets requires vast pipelines. http://original.antiwar.com/bock/2009/03/23/afghanistan-all-about-oil/ added by: congoboy

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Will Afghanistan Become the "Saudi Arabia of Lithium"?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Flickr , CC The Bolivia of South-Central Asia? Who would have thought that “Afghanistan” would someday be associated with “electric cars”? Well, maybe some people did. As John points out in his post today , it’s been known for a while that Afghanistan contains vast mineral resources, including immense quantities of the main component of most portable electronics and electric car batteries: lithium. But what does this mean for electric cars, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Afghanistan Become the "Saudi Arabia of Lithium"?

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