Oil addiction
Just posted a story about the Kerch oil spill. Was checking around for news coverage and noticed a few good stories about our oil addiction. From the BBC:
Oil is the poison in the diplomatic mix. The need to buy it means that energy-hungry giants like China will find another reason not to side with the US at the UN Security Council.Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, 16 Oct 2007 Russia and Iran have more sway because of their big oil reserves The need to sell it means that countries like Venezuela and Russia can replace the stagger of poverty with the swagger of wealth without reforming their economies.
We are addicted to oil and so are they. The addict and the pusher are equally doomed.
(Oh yeah, and we're still at war in Iraq - partly thanks to our oil addiction.)
Marty, on the Wired blog network, argues that, "most oil-rich nations are political basket cases", following on from a New York Times article about subsidized gas in Venezuela.
What will the future bring? Depends on who's future we live in. We've got a choice to make. But as for the pushers, I think this headline from the Telegraph makes what they think clear: "Opec confident global oil addiction will grow".
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