Thu, 16 Mar 2006

Oil shortage threatens military

I was quit amused by the characterization of the War in Iraq as a "War for Oil". It wasn't and isn't - yet. Someday, however, there will be wars (plural) for oil, and they won't just involve the US as "aggressor". Until and unless we get a grip on alternative energy supplies, they're inevitable.

A grim view of the nation's energy future, and its implications for the military, emerges in a just released report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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