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The oil rule: Whoever has the oil makes the rules
by Espen Andersen  on Nov 20, 2008 - 07:16 AM read 65 times
Source: http://www.espen.com/archives/2008/11/the_oil_rule_wh.html |
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Tom Friedman, in his new book Hot, Flat and Crowded, makes a pretty powerful argument that the US's addiction to oil helps finance fundamentalist Islam and represses democracy.
Here is a graphical telling of the same story:
Looks pretty persuasive to me. Tom Friedman argued for a "patriotic" gas tax back in 2001. Seems as good an idea now as it was then. (Chart from Daily Galaxy, via Jon Udell)
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