Dave wrote:
Mark wrote:

marble wrote in message

Politics is often as important in deciding where drilling takes
place as


the

feasibility of extraction.



We could do with building some proper aircraft carriers to secure the
oil thats rightly ours. Oh we are...



But...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3718567.stm


This contract is not looking too good right now. While Britain has given
the yanks the technology of the Harrier's ability to fly vertical, they
have not allowed us access to the technology of how to program the
weapons system. I can't see Britain buying an aircraft that they can't
program the missiles into bombing on any country they want to. The
theory behind the yanks is that they will only let us arm the aircraft
if they think the target is OK by them.


This is called the peace dividend, isn't it?