Dave Johnson

What To Do
In the wake of Katrina, many gas stations in the southern US last week either ran dry or had to stop selling gas because the price was rising so quickly [1]. With the price still near $70 a barrel many people in the US and Canada are crying foul and want the governments to step in and lower taxes on their precious fuel. It seems that the US government has tried to step in many times before and after their latest plan they are still trying to fight off insurgents and bring all the greatness that is democracy to Iraq.

Addiction
In the recent weeks and months with fuel prices soaring, there has been no decrease in demand; in economic terms this is a trend indicative of an addictive substance, which is a trend also evident with crack addiction. In fact crack addiction and gasoline addiction have many things in common - not the least of which is that both have expensive, and generally ill-conceived, �wars� waged in their names. Sure it can be tough to kick an addiction but the oil addiction could well be the one perpetrating the problems in the Gulf of Mexico through the phenomena known as global warming [2]. And it appears that there are still more hurricanes in store [3].

I think that the people who made this lovely sign on a train bridge over Holloway Road said it best (sorry it�s a bit blurry).

[1] Some U.S. gas stations run dry - CBC, September 01, 2005
[2] Hurricanes getting worse with global warming - CNet News, August 03, 2005
[3] Scientists forecast more US Atlantic hurricanes in upcoming months - September 03, 2005

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