This is the price we are paying for our near total dependence on oil.
Global consumption is approaching 86 million barrels per day, 2% up on 2009. Reserves are dwindling; new finds are becoming rare. This is why the “Deepwater Horizon” exploration rig was drilling in mile deep water, stretching its technology to [...]
This week we registered a new stage of crisis for the NATO occupation of Afghanistan.
The dismissal of General McChrystal by President Obama is not a case of personal animosity, or of military arrogance towards civilians, although these factors undoubtedly are present. At the heart of the incident is a conflict of policy.
Last year, at the time [...]