I went to the library today to check out a book by the President of the Sierra Club, Michael Bruce, titled Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal. As I pulled the book off the shelf I noticed the title of the book sitting directly next to it. Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence" by Robert Bryce.
Some of you may know that I have advocated plans by people like Boone Pickens who stress energy independence as Americas most obvious solution to the economy, terrorism, and global warming. I'm interested to understand this mans argument that says those energy independence plans are "hog wash".
p.s. If you listen closely to the video when he starts naming cities around the world where you can find the price of a barrel of oil you'll notice he mentions Cushing... He's talking about Cushing, Oklahoma! Cushing is a major hub in oil supply connecting the Gulf Coast suppliers with northern consumers. Cushing is famous as a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and has been cited as the most significant trading hub for crude oil in North America. I pulled that from Wikipedia but it was something I actually learned in school.
-Trey
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