US needs to go on an energy diet as prices rise
(NEWSER) - With oil prices soaring once more, America’s in for a shock. After all, we use more fossil fuels than any other developed country, using them not just in our cars, but to make, power, and transport nearly everything we buy, observes Amanda Little in the New York Times . This insatiable petroleum appetite, “like our fondness for fast foods, has spawned a kind of obesity epidemic,” Little argues; we need to go on an energy diet. More»
