Dear Editor,
Not subtracting from the attention the issues of revenues are generating among us Guyanese, I would like to ask a few questions:
1. Was the Environmental Protection Agency engaged in any of these negotiations?
2. Have we done a comprehensive species survey of the probable area that a spill may affect?
3. Have we done a quantity survey of all aquatic and shore life that would be affected by a spill?
4. Would it not be prudent to do these now and have it verified by an internationally recognized organization? Should we have to compensate Venezuela and Suriname we would have to be able to determine the value.
5. Have we explored the economic impact of a spill?
6. Do we know how much seafood is consumed by Guyanese per month?
7. Do we know how much foreign dollars are earned from seafood exports per month?
8. Do we have a replacement for this source of protein in Guyana? Or would we have to pay US$2 per egg.
9. Should we not have these oil giants help set up farms (run by Guyanese eventually) to cater for these events?
By now we all know what happens to third world countries when oil Giants come calling, the social tension between the majority and the few that joined the 2%, increases. To maintain their newfound wealthy status, the elite becomes repressive-the masses (we) will eventually rebel. The oil giants know this and plan for it. Some may contend that they promote it to gain control. Our racial makeup can be used against us, we have to be careful.
Yours faithfully,
Mohamed F. Khan
