“A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, ‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.’
The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew,
which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.
The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
The Lord said, ‘You have seen Hell.’
They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The
people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, ‘I don’t understand.’
It is simple,’ said the Lord. ‘It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other,
while the greedy think only of themselves.’ ”
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Long running, low rated CBS television news program 60 Minutes exposes the literal depth and breadth of the Saudi commitment and stronghold on oil production through aggressive, state of the art oil drilling in the Saudi Arabian region known as “The Oil Kingdom”.
In pitch perfect one-on-one interviews with 60 Minute’s Lesley Stahl, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi reveals they are sitting on over 260 Billion gallons of oil and foresee finding and drilling another 200 Billion.
The highly Americanized industry focused on the mission to produce this oil looks not unlike it’s own western country situated and developed smack in the mid-east. Their center for tracking and operating drilling easily rivals (or bests) Nasa’s control center. In Shaybah just one of their oil fields the facility is built with as much steel as would be in two of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
Despite the awe inducing sites and stats of the endeavor Al-Naimi asserts no intention to maintain an “addiction” on his oil by showcasing it’s abundance and accessibility.
Even at the pace and priority with which these Saudi’s are achieving oil production one of their own estimates of supply capabilities is only 50 years. source