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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (75930)	5/25/2010 10:14:48 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Here's some info. on the author of that Grist article on Saudi oil vs. American oil: Glenn Hurowitz is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Politico, The Los Angeles Times, The American Prospect, and many other publications. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party and has worked in a variety of senior positions in the environmental movement and on political campaigns. grist.org

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (75930)	5/25/2010 10:17:01 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

While the point of “peak oil” may or may not have been reached, what Michael Klare, a professor at Hampshire College, has dubbed the Age of Tough Oil has clearly begun. This year, the United States’ largest single source of imported oil is expected to be the Canadian tar sands. Oil from the tar sands comes in what is essentially a solid form: it has to be either strip-mined, a process that leaves behind a devastated landscape, or melted out of the earth using vast quantities of natural gas. Meanwhile, as everyone knows, no matter where oil comes from or how it has been extracted, burning it is destructive: oil combustion accounts for nearly a third of the greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States. A report issued last week by the National Academy of Sciences called on Congress to enact legislation to dramatically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, by, among other things, “reducing oil use.” Read more: newyorker.com --------------------------- hey, it's not in our backyard, so what they hey.