Comments on: Feasibility isn’t only about physics and engineering. It’s also about cost.

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:14:55 +0000

In reply to China Crisis. He will give us all the details 'f'hin opportun".

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:13:23 +0000

Why worry? We’ve been saying that Labour will set us back 30 years and, at that time, we got used to electricity for a day and blackouts for two.

A bit of nostalgia won’t hurt, will it?

By: Gahan

Gahan — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:26:35 +0000

When I saw that building I thought Joseph came up with the idea of artificial islands “ghas-settur privat”.

What happened to the LIVING WAGE?

By: Giraffa

Giraffa — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:37:54 +0000

In reply to giraffa.

This is bordering on corruption. Giving our land (Malta taghna ukoll, don’t forget) for free to some speculator is highly irregular.

The PL’s statement that their chosen partner will give Eur 30M is what in a Middle Eastern contract is hidden as royalties.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:54 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter. Well, I was tweeting all this to my buddy Harry this morning while having my nails done [Is this right? Ed.] I knew all this and I'm only a jackshit zaghzugh with a laptop. Surely Joseph Muscat, with his cohorts of konsulenti and esperti, would know it too? So which is it? Is he lying scum or just very, very thick, and I mean never-watched-CNN-thick?

By: maryanne

maryanne — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:40:10 +0000

In reply to Jozef. According to some 'experts' they will put the piles 140ft. down in rubble.

By: Harry Purdie

Harry Purdie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:28:34 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter. The current hostage crisis in Algeria has already pushed world oil and gas prices up TODAY.

By: China Crisis

China Crisis — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:18:50 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

And for the sake of the non-Baxxters:

http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1314226.ece
Algeria crisis pushes up oil price – more than 10% of Algeria’s gas production locked in

because:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013116154848726750.html

Hostages seized after deadly Algeria attack – two dead, dozens abducted

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t1#/video/business/2013/01/16/qmb-elbagir-algeria-gas-field-attack-and-hostages.cnn

Hostages taken in gas field attack

By: China Crisis

China Crisis — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:15:32 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

Ok. Found it. http://www.tvm.com.mt/live: click on the link for Tuesday this week and scroll to around 16:10 and watch from there. Konrad says that big ships can discharge part of their load here “u jkomplu sejrin l-Egittu, l-Algerija..”

From the CIA world fact book, Algeria entry:

Natural gas – production:

84.61 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
Natural gas – consumption:

28.82 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
Natural gas – exports:

55.79 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
Natural gas – imports:

0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
Natural gas – proved reserves:

4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11

By: China Crisis

China Crisis — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:27:42 +0000

In reply to giraffa. Design, build, operate - yes. The big question is, financed by whom?