Tere Vaden (Tampere): Oil and the Regime of Capitalism: Questions to Philosophers of the Future. From Forbes, a profile of Christopher Helman, America's richest oilman; and a look at three myths about oil: The reality is that we are not addicted to oil, we need it. Robert Bryce reviews The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough. A former oil executive discusses why people hate oil companies, and what the country needs to do to keep the lights on. Before BP: Roya Wolverson on the long, ugly history of allowing industries to police themselves. The spill in the Gulf is just the latest in a string of catastrophic regulatory failures that prove how incompetent government is — and how important it is. The true cost of oil: What are the military costs of securing “our” oil? The Ministry of Oil Defense: It's not polite to say so, but if Americans understood just how many trillions their military was really spending on protecting oil, they wouldn't stand for it. George Hager on the terrible implications of U.S. oil policy. We fight for the oil we need to fight for the oil: Merely protecting America’s fossil fuel lifeline adds a heap to the greenhouse gases that petroleum ultimately contributes. A review of Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century by Tom Bower (and more). Keep it in the ground: An alternative vision for petroleum emerges in Ecuador, but will Big Oil win the day? (and more and more and more at The Globalist)
