Bankers Fouling Their Own Nests On Energy Issues

SOCORRO, New Mexico (STPNS) — Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned and the last fish caught will we realize that we cannot eat money. ~ Cree observer

I wrote my first column about an impending peaking of world oil production in July 2005. The potential scenarios presented by increasingly scarce petroleum-based energy and products have caused me to keep one eye on the issue of peak oil since then, even as


Besides gaining an appreciation for how profoundly dependent on dirt-cheap energy our civilization is, I