government v opec phone call20 Feb 2022 12:58
g = government leader
o= opec leader
g / good morning
o / its afternoon here, but hello anyway
g/ can you drop the price of oil please
o/ why
g/ people can't afford it
o/ you charge more in tax than we charge for the oil why don't you drop some of the tax
g/ that would be silly because we would get less money
o/ correct
g/ but we need to look good
o/ ok, but is it not true you don't like oil and want to go electric
g/ absolutely
o/ so let me get this straight, we drop our prices now and in the future we go electric so there will be no need for our oil.
g/ you catch on quick
o/ oil is not just for fuel
g/ is it not, what else then
o/ plastic, sun cream, paint...(20 minutes later).. and lipstick
g/ wow that is a lot
o/ yes and you tax them all
g/ ok hadn't looked at it like that
o/ while you are on the phone can you tell me how much devastation mining rare minerals will cause in the hunt for battery components.
g/ that's an easy one. it doesn't matter because it is in poorer countries
o/ I am struggling to hear you, are you having a party
g/ absolutely not
o/ I can hear many voices in the back ground and glasses chinking
g/ that is my ventriloquist cat that juggles marbles
o/ that's ok then
g/ so any way, back to oil, it sounds like it we really really still need it
o/ are you related to sherlock holmes (sarcastically)
g/ no actually but i think i have deduced we need the tax revenues
o/ i can see why your head of government (sarcastically)
g/ thanks, look i got to go, my cat needs feeding and he is struggling to open the wine bottles. by the way if i can do it on the quiet i will buy a shed load of oil shares, it looks like a good shout.
o/ shall we forget we had this conversation
g/ what conversation
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