Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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The twilight of the gods


Another column of the Council of Ministers tumbling falls apart. After
Sandro Bondi, author of deep sensitivity and Minister for flawless, even Carlo Giovanardi decides to leave his post by Secretary to the Prime Minister with delegation policies against drugs (there goes all identity card?) because of the supervening impossibility of performance of its duties - he says-because of tremontiani cut in resources for the Department to the family.

Shadows evidence to tarnish his memory, but we (me, at least) we want to remember the master of good taste and balance, even if his statements delirious could mislead. An observer placed the changes in Italian society that could synthesize, making them understandable to even the most closed of the peasants, with simple but very clear crowds, obscured only by cavernosità of his accent, so special as it is unknown to history.
for loyalty to the country that has shown in making this gesture of surrender, thank in particular Stefano Cucchi, who did not leave even our pity of silence.

will understand if I do not know, the dear Charles, but if we will make a drawing. Now go fuck
finally

Monday, March 14, 2011

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The beast and the beast

The spot you do not expect for the upcoming celebration of the coming March 17 so Lampedusa: Free.

celebrate the spirit of Italy, then, so ingrained in us that is revealed to us, sparingly, only when you see the enemy. "Foreigner shall not pass", ale.
every day I am heartened that he could not get that feeling of ownership of land and that insatiable need to produce and reach that make us so much Italian. Do do do, then you have to have, so take care of defense. Beatify, finally: San Enzo Ferrari , Blessed Diego Della Valle , His Highest mysterious beauty Made In Italy. Raising the Game, unstoppable, and realize that it is still not enough. Then the dark, crisis, and then nigger nigger nigger, Southerner Southerner Southerner, thief, thief, thief, ugly ugly ugly.
The Italians: the dish bitter curve of turnover, the cul de sac of the economic boom.
Maybe one day we will have infinitely far widespread awareness of how anachronistic nationalism and criminals (who would not rhyme with patriotism in a country where culture counts for something more than a fuck) and chauvinism, of how empty and useless tautology dialectics sleeves of us vs. their ; to what the divisions are hateful and petty, as functional control. But luckily that day is still far away, as I said earlier, so I can continue to drool anger that is in this as the spot of Lampedusa: Free.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

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Black soap, how to use it!


cosmetic

The black soap is a powerful exfoliant that hunting toxins and activates the regeneration cells.
In this sense it is the eastern version of western scrub which is based on the action of mechanical small beads of cream and black soap combines the chemical action of the mechanical action.
The black soap works so much deeper, and after using it you really understand what it's like dead skin!
Method
Take a hot shower or bath. If you can create an atmosphere vaporous.
Black Rub the soap between your hands until the creation of a slightly beige cream foamy soap and rub the black right hand.
leave on for ten minutes.
Then rub vigorously with the glove Kessa: blacks are formed of small noodles of dead skin!
Then rinse thoroughly with warm water.
Here! The scrub with black soap is over ... The skin is soft and silky, ready for a cure or oil rhassoul d 'argan .....

Warning! It is also for sale under the name black soap a general household cleaner liquid contains chemical ingredients irritating! Do not use it!



household

The black soap is also an ideal product for cleaning the house!
is used to degrease ovens and baskets, clean windows without rinsing, remove tar stains, scrape oil paint, brushes, etc..
deep cleans all floors and surfaces., Shines, nourishes and protects in particular, slate, marble and brick.
can also be used as a pre-wash stain remover for clothes.
The black soap is also an antiseptic and a very effective insecticide used abundantly in organic farming, scale insects, lice and mites but also to clean the udders of cows and goats before the draft or to wash the horses. It is an excellent shampoo for pets.

nb: the black soap is very concentrated (this justifies its price high enough)! 1 to 2 cz liquid black soap, or 1 cc of soft soap in a bucket of water is enough for the floors.

Warning! It is also for sale under the name black soap in a household cleaner usually liquid that contains chemical ingredients irritating! Do not use it!

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Black Soap



The black soap is made from potash (KOH) and a body fat anywhere.
has some 'look honey, consistency ranging from very dense liquid and color from golden brown to black. It was the soap's most popular long ago, potash was made from ash wood, the Gauls used goat's tallow and ashes. There
black soap with olive oil, linseed, walnut, corn, etc..
The Moroccan black soap called Beldi soap is prepared from olive black, does not irritate and is recognized for its calming and soothing.

It is therefore a soap that cleanses, and purifies emollisce so incredible.

The black soap does not foam. It is natural and fragrance-free, or delicately scented with eucalyptus for its antiseptic properties.
Very rich in vitamin E and is appropriate for all skin types.
Its virtues are moisturizing and exfoliating.
is traditionally used in the bath but there are many other uses.

Friday, February 25, 2011

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Top recipes!

Here are two of the first recipes for homemade cosmetik built, tested and approved many years ago with my best friend MA-witch!
Two simple recipes for everyone and great effect!

Purifying potato-banana

  • Ingredients 1 small potato
  • half a banana
Method: Boil the potato
. After mixing it with warm banana. apply on face and leave on for 10-15 min.
[Better to be straight and relaxed, but if you un'iperattiva and can not do it to stay still, can best be applied on a gauze to keep the mask]. Rinse.

Verdict: The potato
cleanses and removes points while blacks banana skin hydrated and smooth. The consistency is not beautiful to see but is the result that counts! Try it for yourself: a miracle!


Moisturizing Mask-Illuminating apple-yogurt

Ingredients: 1 half apple
  • 2 cz yogurt
  • 1cc of honey
Method:
Mix the apple with yogurt and honey. apply on face and leave on for 15 min. Remove with a cotton soaked in rose water.

Verdict:
The apple, yogurt and honey to help skin renewal, hydrate and illuminate skin.
lifting effect guaranteed!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Gain How Many Minutes A Day

Khmer Rouge

"I wanted it for her beautiful and compelling as a 25 April"
(Offlaga Disco Pax)

"No"
"Come on!"
"No, no de gò finger, how many times be repeated again, what?"
"Christ, Francis, I asked you to skip one, not to drop everything and leave to live in Rome Termini, shit!"
Two things really can not stand: the first was when he called with his first name, it meant coming battle, and the second was his foul language.
was very sboccacciata to be a girl, and that is good these days Vattel to find a good girl, but he had never liked those too vulgar. Never anyone except her, of course.
After all I was asking, Francis, was waking up Sunday morning with the smell of pie ready or sopa coada such as dapiccolo happened when his grandmother was still living with him, out of Bassano at the foot Mount Grappa, along the banks of the Brenta and in January we do not recommend leaving the dining room after lunch. Now that lived in Cuneo, in fact, could no longer to try again that childhood feeling every time he came home, he lacked that air is also moist and sticky midsummer dating back from the river to come and spread on his skin.
It's not that she did not share the ideas of Ilene, mind you, but deep down he felt like a happy boy: his greatest passion was his work. Not only could he play volleyball four or five hours a day, but even had , given that the game depended on its economic livelihood (but woe to speak with Ilene ... money, pff, but never mind!).
She liked many things about her but just could not to understand his anger. He, of course, not had it.
adored, for example, that little tattoo that was behind his neck, hidden by the long straight brown hair. It was not rowdy or a mess like so many he saw around, not least in the locker room at the end of training. Four squares, adjacent to one another. It's called Sorekara , had told her, and is a Japanese idiom meaning "and then", "in addition", but "since then." Obviously
Francis had never even dared to ask why he decided to tattoo the sequence of squares, merely to point out, with systematic frequency, because the same good on you and think that was dedicated to him.
"I would have known that tomorrow is an important day for me ... and you think I would go with who's an important day, stupid asshole?"
"Ilene, please, 'ste swear ..."
"'Fucking Ste profanity, Francis - again! - Is whether or not your girlfriend, slut whore?"
"This is not only that, this is the fact that it is a job"
"Oh oh oh, but feel it, the prick!"
".... however, is that I can not call coach and tell him that, suddenly, tomorrow I can not go away until Macerata, and I say Ma-ce-ra-ta ... Marche, you know where the hell are they? because it is the third anniversary of metamoforsi of my girls "
" Comrades, please - she interrupted - is a girl which only use the term macho fucking disgusting "
" ... wife ... "
" I'm nobody's girl, me, ok? "
" Comrades, ok? - Looked at her pleading to let him cotinuare - I said, the day when my partner called it the Khmer Rouge! You have to admit that sounds a bit 'ridiculous ... "
" ridiculous? "
He did not need a degree in psychology to understand that most chose the wrong word that he could choose in that fringe, and certainly would not be served, the degree, not even groped to recover the unfortunate exit.
"So I would be ridiculous?"
Ouch, the tone in which stressed that "ridiculous ".... nothing good was going to happen.
This time, he thought the proper Francis, would not be enough to give her some advertising illustration unavailable (ie expensive) to calm her down, even those of Antoni Rigorini, his favorite Turin because like you, who unlike her, however, Turin had never gone.
Why October 22? We knew this.
Why nothing happened, that day, she said. A day without historical memory, a rare and precious. They spent whole nights together to sift through the darkest depths of the web, a groom-to-face any kind of information source, but nothing. On October 22 it has never happened. Nothing sensational, at least: some event related to the first and second world war, of course, but in no country was a national holiday and no religion was a holy day or holiday. It was perfect for Ilene.
Perfect to be his day.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Sergio Indahouse

I want to clarify immediately that I do not have it with Marchionne, although this may seem a rather casual reader, but he who is angry with me. I
provokes, teases me, disappears for a bit '(or maybe I've turned off the TV for a while') and then I suddenly reappears. A House. In a suit .
A bold gesture, no doubt about it.
I do not like you, Sergio, I do not like at all and still did not like it. You are offensive and disrespectful
... why?
So: not a crime that a troubled company asks its employees to tighten their belts (oh, the metaphors!) And to waive any right given for granted, if it served to save her, to keep it alive allowing these investments to continue working. It becomes, instead, an offense when that request is made by a corporation that plans to close the budget with more than 400 million euro profit.
sacrifices of workers for dividend investors and go in peace, amen.
Never mind that Italy, which does not reach even one of the 400 million € (e 'sti cocks?), Full-bodied state aid poured in for decades, right? Who were the money?
Who knows what would he think of him leganord if you were to observe the situation from this point of view. Because, ultimately, the leganord will also be the party that has brought back high concepts and, as such, free from any purely economic reasoning - and biopolitics cooperative socialism in the first place - to the benighted days of feudalism, but it is also true that rests on them and that they stood up the first time.
Yeah, leganord, the party of do: crap, rubbish, junk, letter and testament, but I digress. Good
Sergio (Alpha and Omega) has also shown to be a man of Deputies of the world unexpectedly accustomed with the traditions and the dominant, conscious that, as we were reminded Ascanio Celestini , the processes are not divided. Until April 6, at least, then we'll see.

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Commodities in the kitchen! Other sights to see!

Vinegar : ideal for rinsing the hair and give light.
Perfect for softening the laundry in the washing machine. Calc. Do the dishes shine.

Corn starch : opaque. Very useful tips and powders to make or to give a silky touch to creams.

Sodium bicarbonate : ecological household detergent, is also used to whiten your teeth, as a deodorant or make bathbombs .

Honey: moisturizing, anti-wrinkle, firming, elasticity, healing. Property repairing, purifying and soothing. Ideal for dry skin.

Olive oil: high content in polyphenols and Vitamin E: helps against skin aging. Emollient, protects the skin, strengthens and shiny hair.

Barley : moisturizing, decongestant, soothing.

Rice : lightening, opaque, uniform finish.

Soy revitalizing, soothing, protective.

Yogurt : moisturizing, helps the skin renewal.

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Commodities in the kitchen! The vegetables and herbs

Basil : purifying, antiseptic, toning and refreshing.

Broccoli : smoothing effect similar to the silicone hair soft and shiny.

Carrot : very rich in vitamin A. Regenerating and revitalizing. Encouraging to tan.

Oregano : very powerful antiseptic, toning and stimulating.

spicy Nettle (powder) helps to treat moderate acne, eczema, broken hair and nails. It tones the scalp, combats hair loss and dandruff collapses.

Parsley : against circulatory problems and water retention. Stimulating, toning.

Rosemary regeneration, draining, healing and bactericidal ideal for skin care.

Salvia : regenerative, healing, astringent and bactericidal ideal for skin care.

Celery : depigmentarie properties on skin blemishes.

Timo : anti-bacterial, anti-infective, immune stimulant.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Commodities in the kitchen! The fruit

Apricot : moisturizing, exfoliating, cleansing, lighting, soothing, anti-aging. Suitable for dry and sensitive skin.

Avocado : Nourishing, smoothing, anti-aging. Indicated for skin and hair.

Banana : Nourishing, moisturizing and emollient. For skin and hair. Perfect for making masks.

Cocco (pulp): Scrub sweet.

Kiwi : Rich in omega 3 and vitamin E. calming, soothing, repairing, against irritation.

Lime: Stimulating, helps blood circulation.

Lemon : Appreciated for the treatment of skin fat, slimming treatments, bleaching teeth and nails, strengthens the latter. The hydrolat lemon is ideal for a lighter color and have beautiful skin. Astringent and cleansing is perfect for problem skin.

Almond (powder): Scrub sweet.

Apple : illuminating, exfoliating, moisturizing. The apple naturally contains several vitamins and fruit acids. Sour fragrance perfect for perfuming preparations.

Melon : Balancing and soothing. Regulates the production of sebum. Revitalizing. Sets the tone and elasticity to the skin. Melon oil is ideal for massage.

Tomato : Powerful antioxidant.

Grapefruit : Drainage, effective against cellulite and water retention. Purifying. It is used to treat oily skin.

Uva : anti-aging, stimulates collagen production. Intensifies hair dark.

Ginger : strengthening, cleansing, draining, anti-cellulite. Aphrodisiac.

Monday, February 14, 2011

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Commodities in the kitchen! Spices & ingredients to drink "...


Cocoa : stimulating, helps micro-circulation, slimming.

Coffee : detoxifying, draining, anti cellulite.

Cinnamon : invigorating and stimulating. Aphrodisiac.

Chamomile: soothing against skin irritation. Gives the reflected light hair.

Curcuma : dye, lively hues to blonde hair and brown hair.

dried hibiscus flowers : moisturizer rich in mucilage and tannins in anti oxidants.

Nutmeg : general stimulant for the body and spirit.

Black pepper : stimulating, warms the body and prepares the muscles before exercise. Powerful aphrodisiac.

Green Tea : ideal for treatment anti-aging and slimming. Astringent and emollient ideal for the care Mixed sensitive skins.

Friday, February 4, 2011

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Technical problems with a view to deposit nuclear Scandinavian

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The proposed system in Sweden and Finland for the construction of a geological repository for long-term host high-level nuclear waste (high level waste) has been challenged by a group researchers who have made experiments on the corrosion of copper which will be covered waste containers. The copper may corrode faster than they in fact provide the designers and expose the waste, compromising the security deposit. But the SKB, the joint venture formed by the Swedish energy industries in charge of construction, rejected the allegations saying the quality of the project [1].

technology for storage waste in a deep geological repository is called KBS-3 and provides for the inclusion of nuclear waste in a container lined with copper. The deposit is dug to a depth of 500 m in a geological environment that must meet stringent requirements. In the depths of the site is then excavated cylindrical holes in the ground where the containers are stacked. The space between the container and the wall of the hole is filled with bentonite and, once filled, is deposited a plug of bentonite. At some distance is made a new hole next to the containers. disposal_tunnel

barriers that need to isolate the waste from the environment are mainly three:
1.
the copper coating
2.
the layer of bentonite surrounding the containers
3.
the surrounding rocks

The main enemy is made up of underground water flows, which can corrode the containers and transporting radioactive materials off-site through the rocks. For this reason it is necessary that the system possesses geological flows and poor water containers are waterproof and corrosion proof. The waterproofing is done through the bentonite, copper and provides protection against corrosion.
everything seems relatively simple, if one considers the enormous amount of time at stake. The drums must resist corrosion for at least 100,000 years, the time needed to invalidate the radioactive material at a level comparable to that emitted from a reservoir of natural uranium. In this period of time are provided of the ice ages, during which Finland and Sweden will be covered with a layer of thick ice some miles and be able to create a high pressure on the rocks of the deposit [5]. You will be prompted to discover and model the current hydrological situation and the changes it will undergo in the next 100,000 years. According

SKB, the characteristics of the site after its closure (which occurs when the storage becomes full, after about 100 years) is such corrosion of the copper coating. In fact the environment of the site will be free of oxygen and therefore, according to SKB, that will not cause corrosion significantly. But a group of researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has found that copper can corrode instead of pure water in this environment [4]. Mechanisms of corrosion


During the centuries, the bentonite is saturated by water present in the rocks. The bentonite swells and reacts to become an impermeable barrier. But with the passage of time is impossible to prevent water from entering, although in small quantities. At that depth the water is deprived of oxygen, although small amounts oxygen are present in the pores of the bentonite before saturation. The copper reacts with oxygen present in the bentonite to form copper oxide. When the oxygen is consumed, the copper reacts with water containing sulfide ions that are found naturally in the bentonite to form copper sulfide. Then come into play chloride ions to form copper hydroxide water. These chemical reactions are accepted without major debate.

the situation is the presence of another reaction that takes place in an environment free of oxygen [1]: the reaction between copper and water molecules that form other copper hydroxide and hydrogen gas. In addition, the hydrogen can be absorbed by the metal, a phenomenon which would cause an increase in the fragility of the coating of copper. The chemical reaction that would happen is as follows:

Cu + H2O -> Cu hydroxide + H + H2 (in copper)

and would represent a further stage of corrosion of the metal, which would continue until the equilibrium pressure hydrogen, at a value of about 1 mbar [1]. Hultqvist said that scientific evidence was found of the presence of a reaction product and that molecular hydrogen can be measured both in gaseous form within the metal [1]. According

Szakálos these results are not in conflict with the principles of thermodynamics and can be explained by the formation of an amorphous copper hydroxide. Also according to the researcher, the corrosion of copper in oxygen-free water is a well known phenomenon in industries that use copper in cooling systems and synchrotrons, since all these types of systems have a corrosion of copper at a rate of about one micrometer per year [1].

In November 2009 a special group of experts was convened to clarify the issue [3]. Experts have proposed several experiments to confirm the formation of hydrogen, the experimental conditions of study and Hultqvist Szakálos examining the reaction products, measured the resistance of the copper over time and quantify the thickness of the coating. Conclusions


Since two of the three barriers (bentonite and rock) are designed only to delay the release of radionuclides into the environment, the most important barrier is formed from the case. In fact, the bentonite is not a permanent barrier, but a means to slow the penetration of water around the container. Moreover, the same SKB [6] notes that "today you can not exclude the possibility that the bentonite be eroded if the water has a low salinity. Today, the site of Forsmark, this condition does not occur. However, during a future ice age, the salinity is sufficiently low in both sites [Forsmark and Laxemark ed], although it is less likely to Forsmark. Furthermore, since the hydrological fluxes are lower Forsmark, this phenomenon will involve fewer than Laxemar deposition sites. If the layer of bentonite disappear, the container may be damaged in a very long period of time from corrosion caused by sulfur [6]. Corrosion cited is not enough to damage the containers SKB second over the period, but the analysis does not consider the recent discoveries.

All this makes it even more important is the need to conduct comprehensive analysis and the new phenomenon of corrosion. It shows how the permanent storage of high-level radioactive waste in a geological repository is not a permanent solution is fully resolved. The solution is particularly difficult because of the enormous amount of time in which the three barriers must operate. To do a little comparison, Homo sapiens sapiens appeared 50,000 years ago. If the first modern human had made a similar filing, today we would be only half of the period of isolation of the waste.

Notes:

[1] Nuclear Engineering Institute The Copper Controversy ", November 6, 2010
[2] SKB," Long-term safety for KBS-3 repositories at Forsmark and Laxemar – a first evaluation " Technical Report TR-06-09, October 2006, http://www.skb.se/upload/publications/pdf/TR-06-09webb.pdf
[3] Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste, “ Mechanisms of Copper Corrosion in Aqueous Environments ”, November 16, 2009, http://www.mkg.se/uploads/Swedish_National_Council_for_Nuclear_Waste_Report_2009-4e_Mechanisms_of_Copper_Corrosion_in_Aqueous_Environments.pdf
[4] P. Szakálos, G. Hultquist, G. Wikmark, " Corrosion of Copper by Water ", Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10 (11) C63-C67 (2007) DOI: 10.1149/1.2772085
http://mkg.nu/pdf/Corrosion_Copper_Water_Hultquist_Szakalos_Wikmark_2007.pdf
[5] Finland's Nuclear Waste Solution , IEEE Spectrum, Dec 2009
[6] SKB - Final Repository for Spent Fuel in Forsmark - Reasons for decision and basis for site selection , June 2009, p. 4

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Platini plans to revive the old Golden Ball

From next year, the UEFA will award a trophy to its best player of the season in Europe. The announcement is Michel Platini, president of the European Football Association, in an interview with the newspaper "El Mundo Deportivo." "The Uefa give a special prize to the best player in Europe, according to the old spirit of the Golden Ball France Football, which now has joined the Fifa World Player ," said Platini, awarded for three years in a row with Ballon d'Or, the Catalan newspaper. The announcement comes a day after the award of a surprise to Leo Messi Ballon d'Or. The Argentine, who has replicated the success of 2009, scored more vote of teammates Iniesta and Xavi, data on the eve favorites. Apparently, the timing of and is a confirmation, Platini does not like the new composition of the jury which includes journalists, national coaches and captains. If he were still in force the old system, with grades assigned by the journalists themselves, the prize this year would go the whole Wesley Sneijder. The Uefa, still supports the "Mundo", had tried unsuccessfully to merge with "France Football" before he did the FIFA. (Source: AGI).

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Late Menstrual After Chickenpox

Balotelli new one in sight?

seems to be no peace for Mario Balotelli. If the tabloids in recent days English have spoken of him by giving numerous amorous dalliance, now the news regarding him talk about his health. It seems that the young Manchester City striker should go under the knife again, because of that knee right now that despite the intervention in August continues to creargli problems. At the end of each workout it seems that the knee is swollen, resulting in payment of synovial fluid (the f LUID due to its lubricating action that protects the joint surfaces diartrosiche wear and tear). After three goals at Aston Villa (was December 28 last year) there is no news on the number of 45 Citizens, which has already missed the games against Blackpool and Arsenal and also will miss the FA Cup on Sunday against Leicester Sven Goran Eriksson. The fear of the medical staff of the English club is, as mentioned above, that of a new surgical procedure, this time of drainage or removal of detached from the meniscus cartilage: SuperMario means missing for a month (if it is decided not to operate, will remain out another settiana ). Mancini wanted, and had, Edin Dzeko, but that will be available only from January 15.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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The Ministry of Defence of Petroleum

It is not polite to say it, but if Americans knew how many billions they spend their military really for the protection of oil, there WOULD BE more



Peter Maass

Translated by Raffaella Selmi
Edited by Fausto Giudice

Shortly after the Marines had entered Baghdad tearing down a statue of Saddam Hussein, I visited the oil ministry. American troops had surrounded the building with sand-colored walls, protecting it as a jewel of strategic importance. Meanwhile, not far from there, looters lightened the National Museum of its real jewels. Baghdad was now the scene of widespread looting. In front of the cordon of American troops had gathered a few dozen Iraqis working for the Ministry of Petroleum and one of them, looking at the protection enjoyed by the place where he worked, and the lack of protection of other buildings, he has addressed this observation: "It 's all about oil."

This man has hit the key point to understand what actually pay for a gallon of gasoline. The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reminded the Americans that the price of gasoline to the distributor is only a down payment, an honest calculation should include pollution of water, earth and air. And the calculation is still incomplete if we do not take into account other factors, primarily what is perhaps the most important of the external costs: the military factor. To what extent is related to the oil wars and half billion (500 billion) dollars annually in military spending? In this period of tremendous deficit, it probably is not pointless to ask what we pay and how much.
The debate is often limited to a dispute as children: "You told a lie / no, you said." Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense insisted that: the invasion of Iraq had "nothing to do with oil." But Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, rejected the statement "It's politically embarrassing to admit what everyone knows" , Greenspan writes in his memoir. "The Iraq war is essentially a war for oil." Although was "partially" true that we invaded Iraq for oil and that our military and our Navy are there today for this purpose, as it cost? This is one of the main problems, hidden costs, which partly explains our dependence on oil: do not know the actual price.

Yet, if we want, we know it. An innovative approach comes from Roger Stern, economic geographer at the University of Princeton. In April 2010, published a study, subject to peer review, the cost of maintaining U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian-Arabian Gulf 1976-2007. Since the aircraft carrier patrolling the Gulf to protect oil industry traffic, Stern gives the oil the cost of their presence. This is a great method of prediction. Through a detailed analysis of data from the Department of Defense - which is not easy because the Pentagon does not breakdown the cost of the mission or region - comes to a total of over three decades, to 7.3 billion (7300 billions) of dollars. Billion!

And this is still a partial estimate of the costs incurred primarily in peacetime. It is much more difficult to assess to what extent the wars in America are linked to oil and estimate the cost so indirectly. And if Donald Rumsfeld, now retired, ended by admitting, in a moment of "abandonment", that the invasion of Iraq had anything to do with oil? A study published in 2008 by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes (Harvard University) expert in public finance, estimates the cost of this war - by adding what has already been spent and what is likely to be spent in the coming years - a minimum of $ 3 billion (and probably much more). Again billion.


bases and military camps of the U.S. occupation forces

Of course we have to wait long to find a PowerPoint presentation to the Pentagon or the White House (regardless of party in power), defense-related costs of crude oil. So how are taboo cuts to social security, military spending for oil are not mentioned in the corridors of power. It 's a slippery slope for politicians like General; referring to the issue too openly, is likely to reduce the key concept in a bad U.S. foreign policy: "Our only ambition is to build a better world." It is much easier to talk about the rhetoric of concrete figures.

You must go back almost 20 years to find something on the GAO (Government Accountability Office), the investigation section of the Congress that in 1991, estimated that between 1980 and 1990 the U.S. spent a total of 366 billion dollars to protect oil supplies from the Middle East. The GAO report was a snapshot of a region in a period when America was not involved in a major war. It would be a good start, if this study will be followed by other more detailed, but it did not happen.

E 'must therefore be based on studies of craftsmen, non-governmental experts as Stiglitz and Stern to find the parameters that measure the connections between oil and war, corruption and poverty. Among these experts, Paul Collier of Oxford University, author of The Bottom Billion, Michael Ross of UCLA, UC Berkeley Michael Watts, Ian Gary Oxfam and Sarah Wykes, formerly part of 'NGO Global Witness, ( that attempts to shed light on the links between the exploitation of natural resources and corruption that accompanies it). Their areas of expertise - economics, geography, science political corruption - and the data on which they work are similar to the scenarios and unconventional ideas of experts invited by General David Petraeus [ commander of military operations in Iraq and then Afghanistan NdT ] to reconsider the data and the practice of war antinsurrezionale .

The oil still has to find his Petraeus, because the problem today remains difficult to quantify. The abstraction of global warming, the pitiful sight of pelicans and even the oil trapped in the combat deaths in Iraq have not changed in a concrete way our dependence on oil from the god. The United States consumes more gasoline today than the day of the invasion of Iraq and incident on the platform of BP in the Gulf of Mexico. If, for every time a politician said, as did President Obama's speech on energy held in the Oval Office in June that "The time has come to start a clean energy future," I had a dollar I could build a wind farm. A more honest approach would force us, much more than platitudes repeated until they wear, to confront the problem of hidden costs, those who do not see the distributor. And after all, the best way to attract the attention of consumers through their portfolios.

Where are the oil reserves in the world?