tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post114123422090579858..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: Lobotomy central...Femme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141307196809374872006-03-02T13:46:00.000+00:002006-03-02T13:46:00.000+00:00In the Red Sea, certainly. But in Egypt generally....In the Red Sea, certainly. But in Egypt generally... take a look at their website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141303289040226972006-03-02T12:41:00.000+00:002006-03-02T12:41:00.000+00:00Definitely prospecting:Read bottomDefinitely prospecting:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/02/28/cnhuhne28.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/02/28/ixcitytop.html/" REL="nofollow">Read bottom</A>Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141301554429110312006-03-02T12:12:00.000+00:002006-03-02T12:12:00.000+00:00From a cursory Googling, it looks like what we hav...From a cursory Googling, it looks like what we have here is a semantic discussion about mining operations and not a party political issue.<BR/><BR/>Why anyone would think there should be a party political issue surrounding this in the first place escapes me. But some people believe that resource extraction in developing countries is intrinsically evil.<BR/><BR/>I would hope the Daily Politics to Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141300171847361052006-03-02T11:49:00.000+00:002006-03-02T11:49:00.000+00:00No, not off the top of his head, but when a leafle...No, not off the top of his head, but when a leaflet criticising him for it was distributed at the hustings, I can't imagine any competent politician not finding out the facts in a serious hurry.<BR/><BR/>Still interest in the betting markets. Ming now 4-9 on, Huhne 11-5 with a huge spread. I still can't work out why, though with a million pounds matched a lot of people may be covering positions Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141299795551170902006-03-02T11:43:00.000+00:002006-03-02T11:43:00.000+00:00Nah. He was just being a pedant.IIRC Andrew Neil a...Nah. He was just being a pedant.<BR/><BR/>IIRC Andrew Neil asked him specifically about drilling in the Red Sea (in Egypt). Chris Huhne obviously believed that drilling was not taking place (yet) in the Red Sea but prospecting was so he corrected Andrew Neil.<BR/><BR/>I would have just left the mistake uncorrected but I don't have that personality. It's revealing as to Chris' character (you can Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141299432569374742006-03-02T11:37:00.000+00:002006-03-02T11:37:00.000+00:00Yes, they probably are prospecting in the Red Sea ...Yes, they probably are prospecting in the Red Sea but drilling elsewhere, but if you own shares in a company, you own shares in all of that company!<BR/><BR/>Huhne chose to correct it, so he must think it matters. I don't think it's a very good start for him to be telling lies, whether they're nefarious ones or harmless ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141298799646774012006-03-02T11:26:00.000+00:002006-03-02T11:26:00.000+00:00I'm still interested in Huhne's claim that Centami...<I>I'm still interested in Huhne's claim that Centamin Egypt are "prospecting", not "drilling"</I><BR/><BR/>It matters *how* precisely? I can't see any real difference between looking for something and actually digging it up so it's not like he was doing a big lie for some nefarious reason.<BR/><BR/>Can't be bothered checking but are you sure they aren't prospecting specifically in the Red Sea Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141297881989210052006-03-02T11:11:00.000+00:002006-03-02T11:11:00.000+00:00No, I think that's fair - iron will be a bigger cu...No, I think that's fair - iron will be a bigger culprit as it's in much higher volumes, but I think gold pollutes significantly - also the two main ways of purifying it, as I understand, are with mercury or with cyanide. I'm not a scientist though, so that may all be fantastically healthy.<BR/><BR/>I'm still interested in Huhne's claim that Centamin Egypt are "prospecting", not "drilling". Does Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141295389832262002006-03-02T10:29:00.000+00:002006-03-02T10:29:00.000+00:00jdc: Very? I'm not disagreeing, but do you have an...jdc: Very? I'm not disagreeing, but do you have any figures?<BR/><BR/>It is very easy to say very, but if a tonne of gold is not much worse than, say, a tonne of iron, that is not bad at all, since a tonne of gold is a LOT of gold.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141292421732197142006-03-02T09:40:00.000+00:002006-03-02T09:40:00.000+00:00Gold is very environmentally unfriendly to process...<I>Gold is very environmentally unfriendly to process, so it would want a big environmental tax slapping on it as a luxury.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, but Andrew Neil never asked him that so far as I recall (and I'd have remembered). They could have had a very interesting discussion about ethical investing. Instead he just went on as if mining for gold (esp. in Egypt) was unequivocable a bad thing like Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1141290912990127332006-03-02T09:15:00.000+00:002006-03-02T09:15:00.000+00:00Gold is very environmentally unfriendly to process...Gold is very environmentally unfriendly to process, so it would want a big environmental tax slapping on it as a luxury.<BR/><BR/>What's more interesting to me at the moment is that throughout the campaign Mingers have been claiming that rich Huhne backers have been using their money to manipulate the betting market to make their man favourite, and Huhne's lot have denied it.<BR/><BR/>The polls Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com