Tag Archives: dependency on foreign oil

Of course it’s all about oil… Putin, Trump, and the campaign to keep the world addicted to fossil fuels

By Mark | January 7, 2017

I’ve been struggling since the election to catch even a glimpse of the big picture. Like many of you, despite my best intentions, I tend to get swept up in the horror of the day. I want to look dispassionately at all the moving pieces and see if I can maybe find some logic in […]

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Pushing a gas tax, declaring Detroit “dead,” and assigning blame to John Dingell

By Mark | September 24, 2009

I don’t typically quote a lot of Thomas Friedman here, but he’s got a column it today’s New York Times on one of my favorite subjects – the gas tax… I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again, but we desperately need a coordinated campaign for a gas tax in this country… […]