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An interesting speech by the ever-wise Bill Moyers. One interesting point he makes that I'd also been mulling lately is that the US's dependence on oil constrains our military options when it comes to fighting terrorism. We cannot be as tough as with the shameful Saudi government as our national security interests indicate we should be, purely because economically we cannot afford to antagonize them.

Moving to cleaner burning fuels is no longer just environmentally beneficialat this point, it is imperative for national security reasons. The geo-political ramifications of a move away from fossil fuels will be enormous -- what happens to the countries of the Middle East when their primary source of leverage over the rest of the world disappears?
| posted by Alex at 9:38 AM