The crisis of American oil dependency 9 Articles

by Michael Johns

For all its greatness, long-range thinking is not one of the many attributes one would assign to our nation. Our public companies often run on quarter to quarter corporate plans; our government's focus, frankly, is on the ...read more

by Rene Pharisien

$60 oil is the equivalent of 1 American billionaire going bankrupt every day. Even with a barrel of oil back down to $60, $1 billion leaves our country every day to buy oil from producing nations, every day, 365 days a ye...read more

by Emo Roxas333

Our intricate American infrastructure has been fueled by oil in recent years. Our dependency on oil for cars and energy has driven us to a crisis. In the early days when oil was discovered as a source of fuel for a car, th...read more

by E. Manning

Unlike Europe and much of the industrialized world, the United States is large. Petroleum fuels derived from sweet crude oil has been necessary to travel freely in our great country. Oil dependency has been an American pro...read more

by Robert Seward

April 4, 2008 Re: The Oil Crisis- a Calamity in the Making The movie, The Perfect Storm, describes a reality where three major weather factors combine to form the once-in-a-lifetime juggernaut of violence so named in...read more

by Jacob Collete

The Truth About Oil As I was perusing through Facebook.com today I noticed a group that caught my eye. The group was called " How to get GAS back down to $1.30 per gallon," so i was intrigued to say the least. This is w...read more

by Dan Lear

Following the advent of the assembly line, America experienced a period of industrialism. The lower price for vehicles created a demand, kindling our need for oil. Addicted to oil, we sit and watch as the prices of consume...read more

by Daniel J. Gansle

In his 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore cites man-made global warming as a "planetary crisis." While global warming is indeed one of the most pressing problems we face today, there's a...read more

by J J Debar

Unlike any event in recent history, a confluence in events is creating an unprecedented shift across the global political, financial and social landscape. Oil has reached $100 per barrel, the U.S. war in Iraq is drowning ...read more