Just how addicted to oil are we?
Mother Jones
by Michael T. Klare
02/10/06
President Bush's State of the Union comment that the United States is 'addicted to oil' can be read as pure political opportunism. With ever more Americans expressing anxiety about high oil prices, freakish weather patterns, and abiding American ties to unsavory foreign oil potentates, it is hardly surprising that Bush sought to portray himself as an advocate of the development of alternative energy systems. But there is another, more ominous way to read his comments: that top officials have come to realize that the United States and the rest of the world face a new and growing danger -- a permanent energy crisis that imperils the health and well-being of every society on earth...
http://tinyurl.com/bvdbl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Michael T. Klare
02/10/06
President Bush's State of the Union comment that the United States is 'addicted to oil' can be read as pure political opportunism. With ever more Americans expressing anxiety about high oil prices, freakish weather patterns, and abiding American ties to unsavory foreign oil potentates, it is hardly surprising that Bush sought to portray himself as an advocate of the development of alternative energy systems. But there is another, more ominous way to read his comments: that top officials have come to realize that the United States and the rest of the world face a new and growing danger -- a permanent energy crisis that imperils the health and well-being of every society on earth...
http://tinyurl.com/bvdbl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 10. Feb, 17:13
