If we are to continue relying on mile-deep drilling, then we need to reassess the future.
It's clear now how high a price we have to pay for deep drilling and other risky extraction technologies. If the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are in some meaningful degree about oil, it is time to move smartly toward the post-petroleum future.
Christopher Hitchens may just be the only writer to have recently visited Iran, Iraq and North Korea.
Hitchens - known for his keen wit, sharp political insight and often controversial opinions - examines the differences between the countries once linked as the "axis of evil," while revealing intriguing connections between the nations.
