COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Could
high gas prices be a ploy to become a member of the G-8?
If you look at the membership of the G-8 -- the United States, Japan,
Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada -- only Russia
is a major oil producing nation, and Russia does not export to the
United States. So, in reality, the G-8 is getting together to solve
a problem they have, but the solution is not necessarily within
the G-8 itself...it is outside the G-8, which means major mediation
and negotiation must be involved.
According to expert mediator Dr. Pat Boone, "Saudi Arabia is
the major player, because they have the capacity to expand their
output. Will Saudi Arabia be the next country to be invited into
the G-8, making it into a G-9?"
"Even if Saudi Arabia does become a member of the G-8, it does
not mean that Saudi Arabia's expanding their output would cause
the price per barrel to come down -- just that petroleum would be
more available. If you have a product that other countries need,
nothing can keep you from continuing to raise the price, unless
your country needs something other countries have, and they could
raise the price on you in return. It's a form of our basic 'checks
and balances' system.
"As the world becomes smaller and smaller with interdependence
on products and purchasers, only that, our interdependence, will
be the key to negotiating prices that everyone can live with if
we want to stabilize our global economy."
Dr. Pat Boone is a Certified Mediator in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
trained to see "the cause behind the symptom."
