The most shocking prediction blind Vanga did in 1980. She said then literally as follows: "At the end of the century, in August 1999 or 2000, Kursk will be under water, and the whole world will mourn him."
Kursk - the city with a population of half million. Kursk located middle of the continent, far from any source of major rivers or reservoirs. In August 2000 downfall of nuclear submarine "Kursk", and the entire world mourned ...

Predicting 1989: "Fear, fear! I see American brothers fall, through bite by iron birds. Wolves howl I hear from bush, and the innocent blood spilled rivers I see. " -- allusion was not understood because on the Bulgarian "bush" is "kust", -В Wanga identified the Geminis fall by the time of President Bush ...

Written by Vlad Domennov.

Written by Vlad Domennov.

So, what do I want to say exactly? To build the Oil Refinery in the Dominica will be this agnail on the finger, from which Dominica will die. I will not to scare you by direct threats to build this industrial giant on the small island. The bible says: "forbidden fruit is sweet". You still will want to try, in spite of the threats that our Father sends you: such as inevitable fires on this refinery, oil spills because of the tanker accidents near the coasts, air emissions of carcinogens, poisoning your crystal clean waters of rivers and lakes from technological processes - this all will take place. But some people live with that, and we will live too тАУ its will be hold in your mind all time. Shortly to say: the environmental problems are a disease, but this is not cancer. So, if I will say about these direct threats of the build, it will be in another time. Now the speech goes about another, it will go to our psychology. Not yours. About our psychology of the citizens of the industrialized countries. It will be an unexpected consequence, which will not take into account of any environmental examination, and this will be a cancer, which you did not have expected. "God moves in a mysterious way" - the Bible says.

Our psychology is accustomed reality surrounding us that do not wait anything goodness from the construction industry monsters. Take a look. The Americans have built the biggest in the Western Hemisphere oil refinery, which is not hosted on the mainland, but on the small island in the Caribbean - St.Croix, Virgin Islands. Don't they have enough space on the continent? The place is much bigger than in Dominica or St.Croix. Maybe it was built by charitable organization? No, it was built by business, which had taken into account that received gasoline gotten on the island would be more expensive - you know, in the price will be add the loading on the island, transportation by water and unloading in the continent. But it's even more expensive to deal with psychology of the irreconcilable residents from the mainland, who do not know only by told story what is the Oil Refinery. That's why stingy capitalists found "silly natives".

Written by Vlad Domennov.

"The pursuit of cleaner and environmentally friendly sources of energy is in keeping with Government's aim of lessening the islandтАЩs dependence on fossil fuel while at the same time maintaining DominicaтАЩs reputation as the Nature Island of the World. "

Now here's the full press release:

"Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Lands, Telecommunications, Energy and Ports, Dr. Colmore Christian has outlined the strategy being employed by the Government of Dominica to harness Dominica's renewable energy resources, mainly geothermal and wind in response to the escalating price of oil on the world market and the need to pursue reliable and affordable sources of energy.

Dr. Christian was at the time addressing an Alternative Energy Symposium, organized by the Environmental Coordinating Unit (ECU) in partnership with the Global Environment Facility Small Grant Project (GEF-SGP) and the Florida Association of Voluntary Agencies for the Caribbean Action (FAVACA), USA.

Speaking at the symposium on Thursday, Dr Christian noted: "The increase in world prices for oil have had and continues to have devastating effects on small developing economies and economies in transition".

"These international developments have forced countries and development strategists to explore options for sustainable renewable sources of energy. Surely, the current high price of oil on the international market and the call for a reduction in the use of ozone depleting substances globally have made some non-oil based sources of energy much more economically attractive and environmentally desirable..."

Written by: livingdominica.blogspot.com

A Discussion of the Facts

1. What is an oil refinery?

Fact: An oil refinery is typically a large scale plant that processes a hundred thousand to several hundred thousand barrels of crude oil per day. Because of the high capacity, many units are operated continuously at steady state or approximately steady state for long periods of time (months or years). (Wikipedia)

Note: The Minister has indicated that the proposed refinery will process ten thousand barrels of oil a day.

Fact: The major products of an oil refinery are: asphalt, diesel fuel, naphtha, fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene, jet aircraft fuel, liquid petroleum gas, lubricating oils, paraffin wax and tar. (Wikipedia)

Fact: The typical oil refinery includes the following process units: desalter, atmospheric distillation, vacuum distillation, naphtha hydrotreater, catalytic reformer, distillate hydrotreater, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracker, merox treater, coking, alkylation, dimerization, isomerization, steam reforming, storage units, amine gas treater, claus, cooling towers, waste water collector and treatment systems, boiler plants. (Wikipedia)

Fact: Oil refineries need large amounts of electricity and water to operate. Typically, they use thousands of gallons of water daily (20 gallons per barrel of oil).

Fact: Oil refinery operations require storage of huge amounts of oil and oil products. Because of its need to operate constantly, an oil refinery must have a large volume of oil on hand. The industry standard is 3 monthтАЩs supply. Once the oil is processed, the products must also be stored until they are sold.

Written by: steves-dominica.blogspot.com

My husband and I are stunned by the refinery situation here. It has made us question our decision to retire to Dominica. You see, my spouse is a Chemist, and spent a lot of time in refineries in the later years of his career. His job was to design and install process control systems to help decrease the massive pollution produced by refineries. This in response to EPA standards. Companies do not voluntarily put in expensive control systems which cut into their profits. And even if they do, these systems decrease pollution but do not eliminate it.

He will be the first to tell you there is no such thing as a pollution free refinery. This from a guy who was trying to clean them up! I wonder what kind of process control will be done here. My husband has also pointed out that very few jobs will be created by a refinery, compared to the jobs lost through the effects of pollution. I suspect the jobs gained may rival the jobs which went to Dominicans when the Chinese Stadium was built.

The tank farm under construction.

Dominica's water, soil, and air will be polluted. There is no question. There will inevitably be spills which will harm the reefs, fish, and probably drive our beloved resident whales from our shores. Fishing will be impacted. Jobs will be lost. I am already hearing from several readers that they are abandoning plans to visit or move to Dominica because of this ill conceived decision. Tourism will suffer, no matter what the official voices of tourism say. I am already hearing the response from eco tourists.

Written and photos by: livingdominica.blogspot.com

Are they forgetting the kind of image of Dominica they are letting off to the world?

Don't they know what an oil refinery can do to the country and the inhabitants of the country?

Can we really handle an oil refinery?

Am I the only one hearing about GLOBAL WARMING?

Excerpts from an article on Wikipedia- Oil Refinery
Safety and environmental concerns
The refining process releases numerous different chemicals into the atmosphere; consequently, there are substantial air pollution emissions and a notable odor normally accompanies the presence of a refinery. Aside from air pollution impacts there are also wastewater concerns, risks of industrial accidents such as fire and explosion, and noise health effects due to industrial noise.

Environmental and safety concerns mean that oil refineries are sometimes located some distance away from major urban areas. Nevertheless, there are many instances where refinery operations are close to populated areas and pose health risks.

Written by: Dominica View