Somali geophysicist says the we may have 80 billion barrels of oil

[Chimera]

Raamsade;855574 wrote:

You guys are in for a shock.

No, I think you will be, see below, why:

 

Somalia has next to little resources of any value. Yes, there are the occasional iron deposits here and there, a little oil and gas perhaps enough to satiate Faroole unquenchable thirst, and some marine resources.

First you say the above and then you make the following statement:

 

Lets look at this objectively boys and girls.

Practice what you preach my deluded SOMALI brother!

 

For all its vastness the Somali coast line is remarkable for its barenness.

No its characterised as one of the richest marine hotspots in the world, why do you think a waterbody covering Somalia all the way down to Madagascar and South Africa has been named the Somali Current Marine Ecosystem ?

 

Booyaka!

 

At the height of Somali fishing industry when there are no less thatn 4/5 large trawlers in operation along with dozens of modern fishing boats, Somalia hauled in no more than 300k metric tons of fish. That's paltry sum by international standard set by nations like Japan, Thailand even Spain.

LOL, thats because this so-called 'height' your referring to only involved four Soviet trawlers, while the Thai, Japanese and Spaniards employ hundreds of ships for their annual catches. Somalia has yet to reach it's real potential when it comes to aquaculture.

 

Of all the studies on Somali marine resources I've read not one has put the potential annul catch at more than 500k-1m metric tons. That's telling. The one advantage we have is the seasonal migratory fish that come our away (I think every fall). Other than there are is hardly any marine resources to speak of.

The profit from that low-estimation would still give us billions worth of hard currency, in-fact the fish industry potential catch of demersal species alone would break that estimate, let alone the more numerous pelagic fish stocks which are estimated at 4+ million tons. The figure you quoted was based on Somalia's 'capacity' to bring in that catch annually if it was handled well, not it's 'true potential'.

 

The story doesn't get any better on land either. We have no substantial and demonstrated minerals resources.

Our Uranium deposits alone would make us a world leader in the mineral industry on par with Canada:

 

 

Why do you think Brazil invested $300 million in a Uranium mine somewhere in central Somalia if the potential wasn't there? In today's money that be would almost a billion dollar investment. In the Bay area large iron deposits were found as well and in woqooyi they are already commercially mining gemstones, clearly you know nothing about the mineral potential of Somalia.

 

The monotony of fauna and flora in Somalia is only surpassed by the world-famous daftness of Somalis. No biodiversity allowing diversified modes of living.

Monotony? Somalia is a biodiversity paradise, one of the greatest in Africa:

 

Three endemic bird areas fall entirely within Somalia: the Central Somali coast; the North Somali mountains; the north-west Somalia secondary area. In addition, parts of the East African coastal forests, the Jubba and Shabeelle valleys and the Northern Ethiopia secondary area lie within Somalia.

 

The whole country lies within the Somali-Masai biome and 99 of the 129 species restricted to this biome are found in Somalia. The East African coast biome just extends into the southern parts of Somalia and 13 of its 38 species have been recorded. There are a number of significant concentrations of waterbirds including breeding populations of terns.

 

24 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been identified covering 47,689 km2 or some 7.4% of the land area. These sites contain almost all the restricted range species and good selections of waterbirds. However, many of the sites have not been surveyed in recent years and there is a need to carry out survey work when the political situation allows this. -- Source

 

There is a reason why 90% are pastoralists or agropastoralists (farming for half of the year, tending lifestock the other half), it didn't come about by osmosis.

Look at you pulling statistics right out of your azz, almost half of Somalia's population lives in urban centers, the other half practices agropastoralism not because that's the only way of life, but due to lack of technological upgrading of these industries.

 

And then we have surely the ugliest, the most useless animal ever created by Allah the camel. Apparently Somali houses half of the world's one-hump camels. Any country that is home to so many camels is surely cursed.

The Camels and the other livestock annually generate more revenue than Ethiopia's entire export volume, a country of 80 million people.

 

I don't know why you're judging an animal's looks unless your into beastiality? lolololol

 

Then there is dearth of the bare essentials of life - water, good land and reliable climate. There is more water in the Sahara than in Somalia. That is fact. The deserts of Libya and Egypt contain lakes upon lakes of fresh groundwater.

LMAO, is that why Egypt is holding on to the Nile with all its political and military strength? Somalia's underground reservoir of aquifers would still put us above all of our neighbours:

 

 

Allah bestowed the mighty Nile on Egypt whereas in Somalia he gave us puny rivers more fitting of creek/stream designation.

The Jubba and Shabelle rivers are one of the largest in Africa, in-fact their combined length is greater than the RHINE OF EUROPE which sustains over two hundred million people. Since Somalia is a country of 10-15 million people, these rivers are more than perfect for a sustained agricultural industry which in the past made the country self-sufficient and a surplus exporter of food products to Europe, Middle East and Asia!

 

Less than 10% of our land is arable and that is only useful if you have sufficient rains and water for irrigation.

That would still represent an arable landmass larger than Belgium and the Netherlands combined, one of the largest exporters of food products!

 

Even though some regions of Somalia get the requisite 500 mm of rain for rainfed farming, that isn't enough as Somalia's scorching sun absorps all moistures out of the ground. So we need to augment that with irrigation to get good yields. And Somalia has one of the most unpredictable weather batterns for any nation on the globe.

It has two standing rivers flowing the whole year, the country only needs a large dam and several small ones combined with a system of irrigation canals and dikes to continuesly water the crops throughout the year. Somalia's soil can grow anything, so the introduction of new crops like coffee seeds, flower plantations, palm-oil, cocoa, all have the potential to make it a multi-billion industry. Also, it needs better storage facilities to prevent surplus harvest going to waste.

 

This is a matter of technological upgrading, and sustained stability, not lack of water or unpredictable weather, because these drought occur in the United States of America, one of the top food exporters.

 

Clearly Allah was working on a tight budget when created Somalia. He gave all the good land and resources to other nations leaving us with the leftovers.

No country in Africa has been as greatly blessed as Somalia has, only DR Congo could make a counter-claim, which is immediately destroyed by the fact that our marvelous coastline - perfect for tourism, watersports, mega-ports, etc -dwarves theirs one hundred times, Indeed from the large uranium deposits, to the rich marine life, to the lush agriculture potential and large standing rivers, combined with the abundance of oil and gas that will surely put us in the top five producers at the end of the decade, Somalia has been more than blessed.

 

 

 

Allahu Akbar!

[Chimera]

If the above SMACK DOWN wasn't enough brother Raamsade, know that I haven't even touched upon Somalia's renewable energy potential, but here is a small candy treat for you after that beating:

 

 

There is no place in Africa where the construction of Wind farms will pay off as much as it will in Somalia, and knowing that the likes of Egypt, Turkey, Sudan and Europe are switching more and more to alternative energy, a cable link from Somalia through Djibouti and Eritrea will surely become a reality in our lifetime!

 

Allahu Akbar indeed!

[Somalia]

Apophis;855577 wrote:

Interesting claims. What's your sources? I'm interested to know more.

His sources are based on horse manure. Look at this thread, it has many sources, also look at Chimera's rebuttal.

 

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/60060

[burahadeer]

and the GOLD http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=somali%20riches%20underground&source=web&cd=55&ved=0CFQQFjAEODI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmining.einnews.com%2Fnews%2Fgold-mining%2Fsomalia&ei=uugiUOSXKIfv0gGzqYHgDA&usg=AFQjCNGTWhqzzQaDz0qcTYdoW3k0GSAdEA

[Mario B]

Chimera;855637 wrote:

No, I think you will be, see below, why:

 

 

 

First you say the above and then you make the following statement:

 

 

 

Practice what you preach my deluded SOMALI brother!

 

 

 

No its characterised as one of the richest marine hotspots in the world, why do you think a waterbody covering Somalia all the way down to Madagascar and South Africa has been named the

Somali

Current Marine Ecosystem

?

 

Booyaka!

 

 

 

LOL, thats because this so-called 'height' your referring to only involved four Soviet trawlers, while the Thai, Japanese and Spaniards employ hundreds of ships for their annual catches. Somalia has yet to reach it's real potential when it comes to aquaculture.

 

 

 

The profit from that low-estimation would still give us billions worth of hard currency, in-fact the fish industry potential catch of demersal species alone would break that estimate, let alone the more numerous pelagic fish stocks which are

estimated at 4+ million tons

. The figure you quoted was based on Somalia's 'capacity' to bring in that catch annually if it was handled well, not it's 'true potential'.

 

 

 

Our Uranium deposits alone would make us a world leader in the mineral industry on par with Canada:

 

 

Why do you think Brazil invested $300 million in a Uranium mine somewhere in central Somalia if the potential wasn't there? In today's money that be would almost a billion dollar investment. In the Bay area large iron deposits were found as well and in woqooyi they are already commercially mining gemstones, clearly you know nothing about the mineral potential of Somalia.

 

 

 

Monotony? Somalia is a

biodiversity paradise

, one of the greatest in Africa:

 

Three endemic bird areas fall entirely within Somalia

:

the Central Somali coast; the North Somali mountains; the north-west Somalia secondary area. In addition, parts of the East African coastal forests, the Jubba and Shabeelle valleys and the Northern Ethiopia secondary area lie within Somalia.

 

The whole country lies within the Somali-Masai biome and 99 of the 129 species restricted to this biome are found in Somalia.

The East African coast biome just extends into the southern parts of Somalia and 13 of its 38 species have been recorded. There are a number of significant concentrations of waterbirds including breeding populations of terns.

 

24 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been identified covering 47,689 km2 or some 7.4% of the land area. These sites contain almost all the restricted range species and good selections of waterbirds. However, many of the sites have not been surveyed in recent years and there is a need to carry out survey work when the political situation allows this

. --

Source

 

 

 

Look at you pulling statistics right out of your azz, almost half of Somalia's population lives in urban centers, the other half practices agropastoralism not because that's the only way of life, but due to lack of technological upgrading of these industries.

 

 

 

The Camels and the other livestock annually generate more revenue than Ethiopia's entire export volume, a country of 80 million people.

 

I don't know why you're judging an animal's looks unless your into beastiality? lolololol

 

 

 

LMAO, is that why Egypt is holding on to the Nile with all its political and military strength? Somalia's underground reservoir of aquifers would still put us above all of our neighbours:

 

 

 

 

The Jubba and Shabelle rivers are one of the largest in Africa, in-fact their combined length is greater than the RHINE OF EUROPE which sustains over two hundred million people. Since Somalia is a country of 10-15 million people, these rivers are more than perfect for a sustained agricultural industry which in the past made the country self-sufficient and a surplus exporter of food products to Europe, Middle East and Asia!

 

 

 

That would still represent an arable landmass larger than Belgium and the Netherlands combined, one of the largest exporters of food products!

 

 

 

It has two standing rivers flowing the whole year, the country only needs a large dam and several small ones combined with a system of irrigation canals and dikes to continuesly water the crops throughout the year. Somalia's soil can grow anything, so the introduction of new crops like coffee seeds, flower plantations, palm-oil, cocoa, all have the potential to make it a multi-billion industry. Also, it needs better storage facilities to prevent surplus harvest going to waste.

 

This is a matter of technological upgrading, and sustained stability, not lack of water or unpredictable weather, because these drought occur in the United States of America, one of the top food exporters.

 

 

 

No country in Africa has been as greatly blessed as Somalia has, only DR Congo could make a counter-claim, which is immediately destroyed by the fact that our marvelous coastline - perfect for tourism, watersports, mega-ports, etc -dwarves theirs one hundred times, Indeed from the large uranium deposits, to the rich marine life, to the lush agriculture potential and large standing rivers, combined with the abundance of oil and gas that will surely put us in the top five producers at the end of the decade, Somalia has been more than blessed.

 

 

 

Allahu Akbar!

Allahu Akbar Indeed!

 

[Mario B]

Why do people listen to Raamsade? this self-hating Somali has nothing to offer except self-loathing. Somalis might be "dumb today" but there is an antidote for that, and it's called education. My mantra is just because you are wretched today doesn't mean you should be in that condition, tomorrow.

[Nin-Yaaban]

I'll believe it when i see it.

[Mintid Farayar]

We are such buffoons! The real resources Somalis have are their human resources. Forget about silly fantasies of oil sheikhs and other forms of extraction industries. If proven true, those would be a curse in the present Somali condition. What do you think Somalis would do to each other if this wealth was found while the wounds of a 30+ year civil war are still fresh(and continuing)??

[Sakata]

Ve have Vater

[Mario B]

Mintid Farayar;875070 wrote:

We are such buffoons! The real resources Somalis have are their

human resources

. Forget about silly fantasies of oil sheikhs and other forms of extraction industries. If proven true, those would be a curse in the present Somali condition. What do you think Somalis would do to each other if this wealth was found while the wounds of a 30+ year civil war are still fresh(and continuing)??

I agree, our people are the number one resources we have, my comments were against Raamsade's misanthropy especially towards the Somali race. As for resources, I believe the land we have for agriculture [24k square miles], livestocks and fishing can lift us out of poverty if we followed the example of this article below, we don't even need oil.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html?_r=0

[RedSea]

That was factual destruction of epic proportion by chimera. Allahu Akbar.

[walaalkis]

Che -Guevara;855206 wrote:

lol@dissentnation

 

Dissentnation is run by guy who got obsessed with oil In Somalia .

 

You rather read onion news network , it won't get any real than that