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During his two-day visit this week to Kiev, Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden unfurled President Barack Obamas U.S. Crisis Support Package for Ukraine.
A key part of the package involves promoting the deployment of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Ukraine. Dean Neu, professor of accounting at York University in Toronto, describes this phenomenon in his book Doing Missionary Work. And in this case, it involves the U.S. acting as a modern-day missionary to spread the gospel of fracking to further its own interests.
With the ongoing Russian occupation of Crimea serving as the backdrop for the trip, Biden made Vladimir Putins Russia and its dominance of the global gas market one of the centerpieces of a key speech he gave while in Kiev.
And as you attempt to pursue energy security, theres no reason why you cannot be energy secure. I mean there isnt. It will take time. It takes some difficult decisions, but its collectively within your power and the power of Europe and the United States, Biden said.
And we stand ready to assist you in reaching that. Imagine where youd be today if you were able to tell Russia: Keep your gas. It would be a very different world youd be facing today.
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Original post: http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/04/23/vice-president-joe-biden-promotes-u-s-fracking-missionary-force-during-ukraine-trip
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