Dubai

May 28, 2008 | Category: blog, politics

Everyone should ponder as they pump gas in their SUV’s and speed down the highway in their cars… here’s where you $$$ goes:


Dubai in 1990


The same street in 2003


Last year


The Dubai Waterfront.  When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world.


All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree.


The Palm Islands in Dubai.  New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands.

They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space.  Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.

Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities.  It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people.  It is advertised as being visible from the moon.


The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world.  Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.


The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai.

The worlds tallest hotel.  Considered the only ‘7 star’ hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world.  It stands on an artificial island in the sea.


Hydropolis, the world’s first underwater hotel.

Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.


The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008.

At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world’s tallest building when finished.  It will be almost 40 percent taller than the current tallest building, the Yaipei 101.


This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009.

More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.  It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.


The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront.

Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai.  Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters.  That would make it more than 30 percent taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building.


The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.


Dubailand.

Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees.  Dubailand will be twice the size.

Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag.  The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.


Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.


The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over 200 highrise buildings when finished.

It will be home to some of the tallest residential structures in the world.  The completed first phase of the project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010.


The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008.


Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned.


Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina.

The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way.

And … The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world.

The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed.   It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.

There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.

KINDA GIVES ONE AN INCENTIVE TO CONSERVE DOESN’T IT????

Gas rationing in the 80’s worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don’t import their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

  • Shell………………………… 205,7 42,000 barrels
  • Chevron/Texaco………… 144,332,000 barrels
  • Exxon/Mobil…… ………. 130,082,000 barrels
  • Marathon/Speedway…… 117,740,000 barrels
  • Amoco……………………….62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel).

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

  • Sunoco………………0 barrels
  • Conoco………………0 barrels
  • Sinclair………………0 barrels
  • BP/Phillips………….0 barrels
  • Hess………………….0 barrels
  • ARC0…………………0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.

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7 Comments

  1. Kevin on May 28th, 2008
    1

    That’s a nice chain e-mail. Outdated, but nice. If you really want to do something, read facts, like this one: “Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6% (2006) of Dubai’s US$ 37 billion economy (2005)”

  2. David Muzzatti on May 28th, 2008
    2

    I respect the great deal of work you put into this analogy & understand completely where you’re coming from BUT you really need to study Globalization & who really runs the show from behind the scenes (i.e Bilderberg Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission & The Secrets of The Federal Reserve along with anything else involving International Banking. Don’t blame the Arab States…they’re wealth is chump change to those who extract their resources.

  3. jason R on June 3rd, 2008
    3

    blah blah blah gas prices blah blah blah dubai blah blah

    i’m commenting on the new bg. san diego, how i miss thee

  4. Dave on June 3rd, 2008
    4

    I get my gas from the cheapest gas station in San Diego–32nd Street Naval Station. Now who do you suppose they buy their oil from?

  5. Dave on June 3rd, 2008
    5

    …buy the way, love the new layout! Kinda miss the Elisha Cuthbert one, though…

  6. D on June 9th, 2008
    6

    Here is the place to start fixing the problem.
    Free energy from magnetics.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEfpGoYMdvQ&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyuwtp2yekQ&feature=related

    Also, have any automotive techs ever looked into the possibility of converting a diesel engine to use hydrogen as the fuel source?

    Maybe we could start up a group funded by green peace and other organizations to work to find a way out of this mess.

    Could you imagine (Sounds like something John Lennon would say) Could you imagine what would happen to the price of oil when we find a renewable, free energy source?

  7. steven on June 9th, 2008
    7

    “Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6%. You failed to mention that the United Arab Emirates, has contributed billions to this transformation and that is all oil money

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