Ralph Nader Mentions Peak Oil

…You all know, of course, that were it not for the hydrocarbonic riches of the Middle East, we would not be in Iraq today. You are also aware that we are fast approaching the era of “peak oil” and declining resources; and that we, Americans, with less that 5 percent of the world population consume 25 percent of these fast-approaching declining resources; and you finally know that the demand for these resources are increasing world wide, with ecological consequences so dire that we tend to keep our heads buried deep in the mud of our haplessness. But you do know that it simply does not compute. And so, if you vote for Mr. Bush or Mr. Kerry, your vote will inevitably give a blank check for the very same policies that do not compute. More oil at home means more wars abroad, more military expenditures, more ecological destructions. Talk about a clear path to obliteration!…

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Now if only the other candidates would mention the problem we will soon face with oil depletion…