American policymakers have long viewed the protection of overseas oil supplies as an essential matter of "national security," requiring the threat of…
Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world’s other superpower. Yes, the USSR…
Oil at $110 a barrel. Gasoline at $3.35 (or more) per gallon. Diesel fuel at $4 per gallon. Independent truckers forced off…
On Monday March 3, the price of crude oil reached $103.95 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, surpassing the record…
The economic bubble that lifted the stock market to dizzying heights was sustained as much by cheap oil as by cheap (often…
When our grandchildren and more distant descendants assemble in such classrooms as may be available and ask their teachers, “Why did our…
When “peak oil” theory was first widely publicized in such path breaking books as Kenneth Deffeyes’ Hubbert’s Peak (2001), Richard Heinberg’s The…
Sixteen gallons of oil. That’s how much the average American soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan consumes on a daily basis — either…
Looking down from the captain’s deck some six stories high, the flight deck of the USS Nimitz is an impressive sight indeed:…
Sometime this spring or summer, barring an unexpected turnaround by Tehran, President Bush is likely to go on national television and announce…
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