More on the U.S. addiction to oil

Danspotting has a nice piece on the U.S. oil addiction and the ability to respond, "Let’s talk energy (or: Dan starts lecturing again)," and I know he'd want this photo as one of the illustrations. I'm sure there will be a million other blog entries out there. Note that the sugar cane based ethanol industry in Brazil produces a far more energy efficient feedstock than does the corn-based ethanol industry in the U.S., all the ads from Archer Daniels Midland notwithstanding.

President Bush speaks with safety coordinator Rick Scott at the Shell station in Northeast Washington. (By Alex Wong -- Getty Images). From May 2005.

Also see this blog entry, "Unsustainable asphalt nation," from last June. And these video stories from Access Atlanta on an energy-price brawl in Georgia (the Republic of)--Energy price spurs brawl--and this one on car-culture and entitlements--Driver crashes into wrong house, goes to bed.

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