frogblog » supertanker http://blog.greens.org.nz hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:50:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Ahoy meh hearties http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/11/19/ahoy-meh-hearties/ http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/11/19/ahoy-meh-hearties/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:07:40 +0000 frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/11/19/ahoy-meh-hearties/ Well, you could go down the clean energy pathway, with wind and solar power, or you could take the other response to peak oil and just nick yourself a Saudi Arabian supertanker.

The capture of the [Sirius Star supertanker] is one of the most spectacular strikes in maritime history.

“It looks like a deliberate two fingers from some very bright Somalis. Anyone who describes them as a bunch of camel herders needs to think again,” one Somalia analyst said.

Well, obviously they weren’t camel herders – camels can’t swim quite that far out to sea. Anyway, keep your eyes open for any petrol being sold at below the market rate. You may be receiving stolen goods, fallen off the back of a camel.

sea camels

Photo credit: red betty black

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