I also believe in Picken’s thinking. The fact that he is a long time oil man trying to impart his life-learned wisdom should speak reams about the logic of maintaining an oil based economy.
The market, driven by increasingly high gas prices, is currently selecting new, more efficient (and cleaner I might add) oil-addiction-breaking technologies. Why our current president is advocating MORE DRILLING to continue feeding our economic addiction to oil, implies little foresight and an unsustainable solution to this energy crisis – that’s your kids’ futures we’re talking about here….