Mining Industry Gifts

"I can't take all the credit, but I did help drive this company into the ground."

'This is outrageous! I could go to prison for sending miners into an unsafe mine!'

Erdogan and the Soma Disaster

Late Stage Capitalism and the Biosphere Engage in Some Meaningful Dialogue...

Spot the difference.

(oil - petroleum - gushing out of inkwell)

Rare earths are the key to a greenwashed, technotopian future

"When you say the meek will inherit the earth, does that include the mineral rights?"

'The good news is we've discovered a vast new oil resource. The bad news is we need a space ship to get there.'

Another day in the Splenda mines

'Unforeseeable future site of Hainesmore Industries.'

"So, Mr Canary, I see you have experience as a mine safety specialist..."

Got stuck in Iraqi oil, Unca Sam?

"No coal here, either - but you never know until you look."

Snake in the grass...

Will you be mine?

'No way! To fund health, education and welfare, we'd be forced to tax oil companies!'

Take me to your leader. . .

'You'll be starting out at the bottom.'

With the mine closing down due to Emission concerns...somone had to shake their booty to keep food on the table.

Ethanol and foreign oil.

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

'Well number 34 has run dry and is now pumping fossils.'

'We're getting closer - That's a goldfish.'

'There's no need for confusion. Part 935 of Mining Regulation 823, Section 323 in Article L clearly states . . . '

'This 'Palestine' place you're giving to us - Will we have the mineral rights?'

"Back in the industrial age, this was, I believe, a steel mill."

"I asked you to send me over a prospectus!"

'Here it is - the world's largest miniaturization plant.'

Keystone XL

"It's work! Look! My plan is working!"

'Who is to blame?'

Oil Spill Hits Wall St.

There's no real oil emergency...

Venezuela: 'He's got Castro's kicking style.'