Oil addiction... the phrase to make ordinary people feel guilty.
But the dirty little secret is that even with all the changes he recommends, the need for cheap energy will soar, not because the US public is "addicted to oil" but because people in China and Thailand and the Philippines prefer the comforts of modern life to the good old days of working 12 hours a day bent over in the rice fields.
full essay crossposted at bloggernew
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