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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
OK.
If you are anyone you know have suggestions on how to move away from oil dependancy, GWB and the rest of the world are all ears.
My point is that George, the US and everyone else have a serious problem with dependancy to fossil fuel energy. And nobody knows what the solution is. Since the problem isn't solved it's easy to blame George or those greedy americans or the mean old oil companies (I know you just singled out GWB) but everyone is to blame ... or better put everyone is in this together.
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Funny you should say that . . . . front page of the Wall Street Journal today makes this observation:
Mild winter weather has something to do with it. So does heavy selling by financial funds. But a largely overlooked factor in the recent plunge in oil prices may portend an end to the multiyear rise in crude: For the first time in years, the developed world is burning less of it.
Fresh data from the International Energy Agency show oil consumption in the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development fell 0.6% in 2006. Though the decline appears small, it marks the first annual drop in more than 20 years among the OECD countries,
http://users1.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkL..._whats_news_us
Sorry, I don't have access to the full article but I'm sure other articles on this will pop up.
Cowperson