Global Scale Politics

“If you knew about Hubbert’s Peak a decade ago – as oilmen Bush and Cheney surely did – perhaps you would regard occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq as an ugly but necessary price to pay in order to secure sufficient time for the U.S. economy to convert?

The big end of the year recap story of 04 will not be Bush reelected, but peak oil. After years of underground speculation, the specter of Die Off in our time, right around the corner, is being debated even on the business pages.

Al-Jazeerah