We need support from governments in order to stop purchase of Iran Oil. Government is cracking down on population because Iranian government has a monopoly over oil revenues. This monopoly needs to be broken. "Oil revenues belong to government and not people" - That is a problem Government does not serve people but rather itself !!!!!!!!!!
New Level - Oil Industry Strike Needed Iran's economy is solidly based on oil exports. If the oil industry in Iran goes on strike, the economy will stagnate temporarily, then collapse, and the tyrannical government will falter greatly. Getting workers at Iran's oil fields and companies to protest could bring this whole movement to a new level.
Not effective. Iran already exports lots of oil to India and China. Plus an outside sanction would justify the leader's rhetoric that the western world tries to destabilize the country. An internal oil industry strike, now that something completely different...
Western consumers can use soft approach. For example, stop buying petrol from companies that purchase Iranian oil from Iran Government or sign oil development contracts with Iran
Below is how International community dealt with Apartheid. Islamic Apartheid in Iran is same. An international movement needs to be organized. Lets help Irans youth by taking similar step. Please set up Boycott thread in Activism. "Boycotts against Apartheid Academic Boycott * Declaration by British Academics, 1965 * International Student Action in Solidarity with the Students of Southern Africa. Paper Presented by E.S. Reddy, August 1987 Economic Boycott * Declaration of the Conference of West European Parliamentarians on an Oil Embargo against South Africa, Brussels, 30-31 January 1981 Consumer Boycott * Julius Nyerere on the Boycott of South Africa, Letter to the editor of Africa South, October-December 1959 * Resolution of the Executive of the Liberal Party of Great Britain, 13 November 1959 * Statement by Albert Lutuli Appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa. Statement Issued Jointly with Dr G M Naicker, President, South African Indian Congress, and Peter Brown, National Chairman, Liberal Party of South Africa, December 1959 Cultural Boycott * Some Important Developments in the Movement for a Cultural Boycott against South Africa, Note by the United Nations Centre against Apartheid, 1983 * Position Paper on the Cultural and Academic Boycott. Adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, Lusaka, May 1989 Sports Boycott * International Boycott of Apartheid Sport, with special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Paper prepared by Abdul Minty for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid, 1971 * International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports. Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 40/64 of 10 December 1985 * United Nations, India and the Boycott of Apartheid Sport. Paper presented by E.S. Reddy at the seminar of the Sports Authority of India and the Arjuna Awardees Association, New Delhi, July 28-29, 1988"
Get in contact with local/regional/national refineries and find outif Iranian oil is used in the production of their petrol. If it is, name and shame. May not get traction or have an affect, but with the images and video coming out of Iran people may generally be disgusted and supportive. It would be a long term prospect (especially in terms of the street protests and revolution) An internal strike or action in the Gulf (as in to the tankers) itself would be more effective and immediate. Perhaps protests against tankers arriving with Iranian oil?
Iran tankers discharge crude oil in Europoort Rotterdam. This is a port area and not a company. Do any Iranians in Holland have more specific info on this?
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - European oil refiners have slightly reduced the volumes of Iranian crude they are buying, according to a Reuters survey. Their purchases now total 608,000 barrels per day, compared with 663,000 bpd in the previous survey in 2006. Customers, who reduced or discontinued Iranian crude purchases, mostly said this is because of the relatively high prices for the quality of the oil, which is uneconomical in relation to refining margins. The European purchase volumes account for about 25 percent of Iran's crude oil exports. Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter and an OPEC producer, exports about 2.4 million barrels of oil a day. Its biggest customer is Asia. Following are industry estimates of Iran's export volumes by European customers. CUSTOMER VOLUME ('000 BPD) Tupras (Turkey) 130 Shell 100 Hellenic (Greece) 80 Total 80 Repsol (Spain) 80 ERG (Italy) 30 Saras (Italy) 0 Eni (Italy) 27 API (Italy) 25 BP 25 Cepsa (Spain) 25 Petrogal (Portugal) 6 Iplom (Italy) 0 Total Europe 608
June 5 (Reuters) - Following are some details about Iran's principal energy partners and joint projects: EUROPE: * AUSTRIA - Austria's biggest energy company OMV (OMVV.VI: Kurs) is leading a consortium planning to build the Nabucco pipeline to carry gas from Turkey to Austria through Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary by 2013. Europe wants the pipeline to diversify supplies and ease dependence on Russia but without Iran, it will be difficult to fill the $8 billion pipeline. FRANCE - Oil giant Total (TOTF.PA: Kurs) was replaced by China's CNOC of the South Pars field but the project has been overshadowed by haggling over contract terms and international political tension. * ITALY - Italy's oil and gas group Eni (ENI.MI: Kurs) is leading the $1 billion second phase development of the Darkhovin oilfield development to take output to 160,000 bpd from 50,000 bpd. Italian power utility Edison and NIOC signed a $107 million exploration contract in January 2008 to help develop the Dayyer offshore block in the Gulf. * GERMANY - In 2006, Germany's ABB Lummus signed a $512 million contract with NIOC and a consortium of Iranian companies to develop the Bandar Abbas refinery. The group intends to raise gasoline production to 13 million litres per day from 4.8 million litres currently. * POLAND - Polish gas monopoly PGNiG PGNI.WA has signed a preliminary deal with Iran's Offshore Oil Company to cooperate on managing already-discovered gas reserves. * SPAIN - Repsol (REP.MC: Kurs) had planned to participate with Shell in developing South Pars and building an LNG plant, but Shell pulled out last year. Iran had given a May 20 deadline for Shell and Repsol to clarify their involvement in the project. * SWITZERLAND - Swiss energy group EGL signed a 25-year gas purchase deal worth over $13 billion with Iran last year. * TURKEY - Turkey signed a preliminary deal in November 2008 for gas to be exported to Europe through Turkey and for Turkey to produce gas in the South Pars field. The investment would amount to $3.5 billion. * UNITED KINGDOM - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Kurs) has pulled out of Phase 13 of the giant South Pars gas field last year but said it may yet join later stages of the field's development.
Is there a maritime union or a refinery union sympathetic to political causes? Perhaps a strike at European refineries or a refusal of harbour masters to allow them entry to ports? Perhaps a maritime strike on restocking tankers with Iranian oil ordinary supplies, fuel or something of the like? Anybody know or involved in the relevant unions and could help persuade them to boycott? Still need specific ports and refineries, perhaps harbour protests in boats? Big banners on/near tankers?
All nationals living in Europe can vote with their pockets and support democracy. Don't buy petrol from gas stations buying Iran oil. Please see below: LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - European oil refiners have slightly reduced the volumes of Iranian crude they are buying, according to a Reuters survey. Their purchases now total 608,000 barrels per day, compared with 663,000 bpd in the previous survey in 2006. Customers, who reduced or discontinued Iranian crude purchases, mostly said this is because of the relatively high prices for the quality of the oil, which is uneconomical in relation to refining margins. The European purchase volumes account for about 25 percent of Iran's crude oil exports. Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter and an OPEC producer, exports about 2.4 million barrels of oil a day. Its biggest customer is Asia. Following are industry estimates of Iran's export volumes by European customers. CUSTOMER VOLUME ('000 BPD) Tupras (Turkey) 130 Shell 100 Hellenic (Greece) 80 Total 80 Repsol (Spain) 80 ERG (Italy) 30 Saras (Italy) 0 Eni (Italy) 27 API (Italy) 25 BP 25 Cepsa (Spain) 25 Petrogal (Portugal) 6 Iplom (Italy) 0 Total Europe 608
how can we effectively so far away? Boycott gas purchase- use alternative transit boycott gas guzzlers lobby OPEC to ensure peer pressure on Iran lobby the peace loving kingdoms near Iran to increase their diplomatic effort to ensure protester safety call your senator, ask her to call Mrs Clinton to address the issue at the UN call your governor and ask for a major oil consumption reduction policy we have a strategic oil reserve for this precise purpose my friends call your congressional representative and let your voice be heard!
We could start but not purchasing petrol/gas from following companies Tupras (Turkey) 130 Shell 100 Hellenic (Greece) 80 Total 80 Repsol (Spain) 80 ERG (Italy) 30 Saras (Italy) 0 Eni (Italy) 27 API (Italy) 25 BP 25 Cepsa (Spain) 25 Petrogal (Portugal) 6 Iplom (Italy) 0 Total Europe 608
Iranians owning companies could perhaps cancel their company cards belonging to following groups: Tupras (Turkey) 130 Shell 100 Hellenic (Greece) 80 Total 80 Repsol (Spain) 80 ERG (Italy) 30 Saras (Italy) 0 Eni (Italy) 27 API (Italy) 25 BP 25 Cepsa (Spain) 25 Petrogal (Portugal) 6 Iplom (Italy) 0 Total Europe 608
ارتش به شما چه اتفاقی می افتد هنگامی که رژیم می افتد؟ ما عکس شما را. میبینیم ضرب و شتم و به شما تیراندازی غیر مسلح و دانشجویان ، زنان و مردان قدیمی. وضع کردن اسلحه خود را. آزادی را انتخاب کنید به جای قتل مردم خود. و حتی برخی از ژنرالها شما امتناع سفارشات. سوال من دوباره ، چه رخ می دهد تا زمانی که شما بیش از Rafsani طول می کشد؟ ما عکس شما را به شما خواهد شد و تقاضا برای قتل و ضرب و شتم مردم حساب شما. آزادی را انتخاب کنید. MESSAGE TO BASIJI, REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, ARMY What happens to you when the regime falls? We have your photos. We see you shooting and beating unarmed students, women and old men. Lay down your arms. Choose freedom instead of murdering your own people. Even some of your Generals are refusing orders. I ask again, what happens to you when Rafsani takes over? We have your photos and will demand you account for killing and beating your people. CHOOSE FREEDOM.
Employees of companies could ask management to reconsider using petrol/gas charge cards from below mentioned companies Tupras (Turkey) 130 Shell 100 Hellenic (Greece) 80 Total 80 Repsol (Spain) 80 ERG (Italy) 30 Saras (Italy) 0 Eni (Italy) 27 API (Italy) 25 BP 25 Cepsa (Spain) 25 Petrogal (Portugal) 6 Iplom (Italy) 0 Total Europe 608
Leave your car at home an join with Green balloons. That is a good start Please join in attending your local city Critical Mass bicycle ride this Friday and wear green in solidarity with the people of Iran. Flags, bands, masks, horns, trumpets, bells... Critical Mass Listings: List of rides - Critical Mass
Exactly. It's a way for us to sacrifice too. If you know it is a short and sharp sacrifice, it won't be that hard to take. Think of how much more the Iranians are sacrificing. It would who that we care about the people and that this is not about US oil interests.
Write to governments and taxi companies to get them to provide at least a small amount of taxis that don't burn petrolium, electric or LPG. Temporarily do what we will need to do long term anyway, cut down enough on private car use so that it can all be supplied without oil. We are not at the point where we could do this long term, but we could do it short term. If anyone were in my area who had any awareness about this at all other than to change the subject to Israel, I'd volunteer to help out by giving people emergency rides in my G-wiz. Electric car owners everywhere, please help out this way.
Start using Solar Thermal systems in your homes. The technology is already well proven and very cost effective. You can save approximately a 1000 litres of oil per year. If 1000 Americans switch to solar thermal there will be a saving of approximately 1,000,000 litres of oil. That is a saving of 8500 Barrels per year If 10000 Americans switch to solar thermal there will be a saving of approximately 10,000,000 litres of oil. That is a saving of 85000 Barrelsper year. If 100000 Americans switch to solar thermal there will be a saving of approximately 100,000,000 litres of oil. That is a saving of 850000 Barrels per year. Well it doesn't sound like much but it is a good start and much cheaper than buying an electric car. You also get a tax credit. Catch up with the rest of the world. Start small if you ain't got spare cash. Every little bit counts
Chinese PHEVs The Chinese people, whom Iran exports much of their oil to, have an option that no other people have: The option to buy plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), particularly those made by the Chinese company BYD. If we can get many Chinese people to pool their money, buy tons of these PHEVs, and junk their old gas-guzzling vehicles, then Iran will be crippled.
Yes, but houses are heated with natural gas, not oil. Natural gas is much more plentiful even outside of the middle east. It is the oil that is used primarily for producing what powers cars that is difficult to get enough of outside the middle east. My impression is that it would even help to convert your car to LPG (similar, but not exactly the same as the gas used to heat your house). It's relatively cheap to convert a car to LPG, probably cheaper than putting in solar thermal. But your idea is good too, particularly for the long term. Good idea for the short term too if you are one of the few who has oil heating rather than natural gas heating like the majority have. I'd certainly do it if I had any idea how long we were going to be living here, but right now with my husband applying for jobs all over the world, it doesn't make sense.
Posted in another thread, the question is, whether it would really help in the short term. The concern about us not being so keen on advocating them to take risks for freedom from our safe places watching this. Would it be too much for us to make sacrifices too? The question I have is, what would happen if a very large number of people outside of Iran were to cut way down on their oil consumption? Don't drive private cars except for ones not powered by oil until Iranians get a new election. The question is, would it bring the economy of Iran down. I don't know the answer to it, but it might be something interesting to analyze. We need to get off the oil anyway for environmental reasons, and because it's going to run out. Also in the long run, this would not be an action against the Iranian people or any of the oil producing countries, because it would help them develop other economies, and they are suffering from the natural resources curse. It also needn't be seen as meddling, because it is very definitely in our long term interest as well. Yes, it would involve sacrifice. But the Iranians who are fighting for their freedoms are making much higher sacrifices. The sacrifice of the convenience of your private car, is nothing compare to what they are sacrificing. At the same time, it would be a way for us to show they we too are willing to make real sacrifices for our beliefs in the rights for people to be free. More written now: It would do no good just a small number of people who read this forum saying lets all use our cars less. It would need to be a real international movement, with lots of publicity. Maybe pretend it has nothing to do with Iran, just environmental consciousness raising. An international leave your car at home week. People like me that have electric vehicles would make a sacrifice too, by volunteering to give people rides when they can't get somewhere by public transport.
In Europe - join your local green party. They are mass party yet small enough to impact their policy towards Big oil, oil dependance, and iran
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to double its clean energy investment to $2 billion per year from its previous $1 billion per year in an effort to speed low carbon growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Asia. The investment is part of ADB's Energy Efficiency Initiative (EEI), which was announced by ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda during the high-level dialog on climate change in Asia-Pacific, taking place at ADB headquarters this week. "While $2 billion annually is a significant commitment, this represents only a fraction of the region’s financing needs in the area of clean energy. But we expect that this contribution will catalyze significant additional resources from the private sector, carbon markets and other sources,” Kuroda said. The $2 billion investment will take effect from 2013, adding to ADB's existing clean energy investment. Projects include: power transmission enhancement in Azerbaijan; wind power projects in China and India; hydro power development in Bhutan, PRC and Vietnam; plans for energy-efficient lighting for low-income households in the Philippines; and a biomass power plant in Thailand.
there should be strong regulations on oil future trading...like example in NYMEX only 1% physical delivery occurs...so this is showing the irony behind the oil trading..there has to be some stringent rules as making profit is not the ultimate but to prosper in future should be the motive,
Problem is that here in the UK the Green Party's Green energy priorities are: 1. anti-nuclear 2. anti-coal 3. oil independence (if they ever think about it at all) exactly reverse order of how it should be. Actually this isn't really quite right. What's really seems to be their problem, is that they are just totally incapable of priorities, and/or their real number 1 priority is proving that the problem in unsolvable within the dirty capitalist system.
Sherman-Kirk Amendment Are you sitting in front of your computer wishing there was something tangible we could do for the Iranians? I am. I’m a Christian so I believe in the power of prayer. I also believe in the power of oil. Take a look at this bi-partisan amendment and imagine what it could do for those Iranians dying in the streets. Today I read something Dick Morris wrote (I don’t know when he wised up and became a conservative but man, this guy rocks my world now!) and he mentioned the Sherman-Kirk Amendment which just cleared a House Appropriations Subcommittee. People on both sides of the aisle like this bad boy and in today’s Washington that says a lot! Even though Iran sits on the world’s second largest oil reserve, it has to import 40% of its gas because it doesn’t have much refining capacity. Hmm…interesting. It gets better. Apparently, most of Iran’s imported gas comes from the Jamnagar Refinery, owned by Reliance Industries. That refinery needed a $500 million loan for expansion and guess who paid the bill? Well, we did! Americans provided the loan to the refinery where Iran gets its gas. Morris writes, “The American taxpayer, through the Export-Import Bank provided the loan guarantees as part of a $900 million package to Reliance.” This super cool amendment (written by Democrat Brad Sherman and Republican Mark Kirk) cuts off Export-Import bank financing for firms that export gas to Iran or help it develop new refineries. Call/email your legislators and administration supporting Sherman-Kirk Amendment
I would be curious to first hear from the Iranians on this. Also this doesn't stop us from doing something for the cause that is a real sacrifice, like for the short term, say a week or a month cutting way down on our oil use. The vast majority of oil is used in cars, so all it would take would be less driving. The propaganda based I suspect on partial truth is that it is about commercial interest such as getting their oil. Making the sacrifice of doing without it would be a powerful way of putting to rest that. If it is really about such things as freedom and human rights, and we want to show we really care about them more than oil greed, we could do without oil until this thing was settled. It also isn't going to do a lot of good if it is just the US, or even the US and Europe. Ideally the UN should get involved, and it should be international. Or if not the UN, maybe a private international movement, perhaps organized by one of the human rights groups.
It will be far too late doing it that way. These hoodlums who rigged the election will be out of power in a matter of weeks.
The sooner we start the better as people power alone will not move Iranian establishment. The value of a human is very much different in Iran. You are not in the West but in the middle East.
Futures trading oil price manipulation illegal Good to see that below is coming out. PVM Oil Futures, a London-based division of the world’s biggest broker of over-the-counter derivatives, has lost almost $10 million after falling victim to a rogue trader. The unauthorized trades in the early hours of Tuesday morning are reported to have been brokered by Steve Perkins, a senior, long-standing trader in futures on the Brent oil contract. He is understood to have been suspended from his post. A spokesman for PVM Oil refused to confirm the identity of the trader and said the company had launched an investigation and continued to operate normally. The rogue trades are widely believed to have caused global crude oil prices to spike to their highest level in more than eight months — a leap that traders and analysts had struggled to explain. Oil breached $73 a barrel during Asian trade on Tuesday, up by more than $1.50 a barrel in under half an hour at around 2 a.m. More than 16 million barrels of Brent crude oil traded in just over half an hour, according to Reuters exchange data, an unprecedented amount for a market that typically trades less than one million barrels before Europe opens. The volume of crude traded during Asian trading was almost double the current daily output of Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter.
