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An Oil Junkie Sees the Light
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Congress must summon the energy to wean America from its petro-addiction, writes Lyle Harris for the Journal-Constitution editorial board Here’s a big test for Congress: Can lawmakers pass legislation to help a nation of diehard oil junkies get clean and sober? As with any addiction, Americans’ insistence on consuming most of the world’s fossil fuel is an increasingly expensive and dangerous habit..............
<> SLI note: Seems a bit upside down. Few could argue that Americans have little choice as to how to power their vehicles!
Comparing terrorism and peak oil EnergyBulletin Dan Bednarz, Ph.D., American Pubilc Health Association
Whereas terrorism poses no fundamental threat to the functioning of our society, energy decline does because it can degrade non-medical and institutional determinants of health such as education, employment, housing, nutrition, transportation, and sanitation.