The environment, evangelists and US energy policy

Cynics would say that it is just further proof of the strong links between fundamentalist Christian groups in the US and the Bush administration. But the US — like an attendee of a Hydrocarbons Anonymous meeting — has finally admitted its dependence on oil, coincidentally just as evangelical Christian groups in the Deep South have started making serious noises about the need to tackle global warming and advocating responsible stewardship of God’s Earth.
This stark admission could also be ascribed to the growing number of people talking about Peak Oil — a theory in energy circles that claims global crude production has peaked and is now starting on a downward slope. This, experts say, will result in the supply of oil becoming increasingly unpredictable and ever more expensive as competition for it will be fierce. The Bush administration is in a better position than most to get accurate information on this subject.

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