The last time we checked on the South American nation of Guyana, a British warship had just arrived to send a message to the countries aggressive neighbor Venezuela (which had voted itself a claim to a huge chunk of Guyana’s oil-rich territories).
Guyana is taking no nonsense from anyone at this point. The country has responded to Venezuela’s planned takeover by making the most of its oil wealth, to better provide materials and options against Venezuela.
Over the past decade, Guyana has found huge amounts of oil and gas under its coastal waters.It now boasts reserves of about 11 billion barrels.That puts it in the top 20 in terms of its potential, on a par with countries such as Norway, Brazil and Algeria.The small country, which borders Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname in South America’s north-east corner, currently boasts the fastest-growing economy in the world.
Recently, BBC journalist Stephen Sackur interviewed the President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali. Sackur tried hard to guilt Ali for his nation’s plans to take advantage of its oil wealth using climate change as the rationale for leaving the resource undeveloped.
Ali was having none of the BBC’s net zero nonsense.
“Do you know that Guyana has a forest forever that is the size of England and Scotland combined? A forest that stores 19.5 Gigatons of carbon, a forest that we have kept alive. Does that give you the right to lecture us on climate change.I am going to lecture you on climate change because we have kept this forest alive. The store’s 19.5 gigatons of carbon that you enjoy, that the world enjoys, that you don’t pay us for, that you don’t value, that you don’t see a value in, that the people of Guyana has kept alive,” Ali countered.Even as the world lost 65% of its biodiversity in the past 50 years, Ali added, Guyana had managed to keep its ecosystem flourishing.“Are you valuing it? Are you ready to pay for it? When is developed world is going to pay for it or are you in their pockets? Are you in the pockets of those who have damaged the environment?Are you in the pockets? Are you and your system in the pockets of those who destroy the environment through the industrial revolution and now lecturing us. Are you in their pockets? Are you paid by them?” he asked.
Ali gave a master class on how to respond to the vapid charges that climate cultists make.
Furthermore, Ali is proving the revenge is a dish best served cold, with fossil fuel gravy.
The border dispute between oil-rich Venezuela and Guyana got a new twist with Guyana exporting more oil than its neighbor for the third straight month.Guyana’s daily exports were 621,000 barrels in February, higher than Venezuela’s 604,000 barrels, according to vessel movements compiled by Bloomberg.Venezuela and Guyana have disputed the Essequibo region for nearly a century but tensions escalated after the discovery of massive oil basins in recent years off Guyana’s coast. The country has seen an influx of investments by companies including Exxon Mobil Corp.
I hope the political leaders in this country take note of how to handle the press when it comes to the media’s pseudoscience assertions about “climate change”.
The BBC may want to take a few moments to consider what their own countrymen think of net zero.
Plus… plants love carbon dioxide.
The full interview is here. It’s fun to note that the YouTube comments are turned off.
But the X-comments about the clip are glorious.
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