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Energy crisis to be spotlighted
by Outspoken on Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:48 am
Energy crisis to be spotlighted
BY ZACH DIONNE
Special to The Morning Sentinel
The United States is based on "the presumption of everlasting cheap oil, and that day has come to an end," said author Michael Klare, a political science professor, in advance of his address in Waterville.
"It's not that oil is disappearing exactly," he said, "but cheap oil is gone forever, and we'll never get back to that place. And we haven't really planned for this day."
Klare, a Massachusetts professor, thrice-published author and pioneer in the field of global-resource politics, will shed light on the concern of rising gas, energy and heating oil prices with two Waterville appearances this week.
On Thursday, Klare will speak on the topic of "America's Future and the Permanent Energy Crisis" at the Mid-Maine Global Forum's annual event at Colby College.
Klare, 65, of Northampton, Mass., is a defense correspondent for "The Nation" magazine. He also is professor of peace and world security studies for Massachusetts's Five Colleges, and based at Hampshire College. In April, his book, "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy," was published.
Klare will address the reasons behind the end of low-cost oil, using his new book's title as a guide. "Rising Powers" refers to new resource competition from China, India and other countries, while "Shrinking Planet" denotes the Earth's dwindling energy supplies.
"The failure of the Bush administration to anticipate this reality," is another topic Klare will touch on, he said. "They've had eight years; these developments were not unanticipated in 2001."
"I'm not an energy expert, per se. I'm a political scientist," he said. "My advice really has to do with how to solve this politically and internationally." An example of Klare's ideas toward a solution is his endorsement for the U.S. to cooperate with China in developing alternative-energy sources, as the countries are the globe's two primary oil consumers.
"The fulcrum of politics is not ideology, as it was in the Cold War, but resource competition; over energy, water, food or other vital materials," he said.
Gas and oil prices have dipped recently, and the trend may continue or easily reverse. "We've had a little bit of respite in the past few weeks because of declining demands in the United States and China, so the prices might not go quite as sky high as they seemed to be at the beginning of this summer," he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5300672.html
BY ZACH DIONNE
Special to The Morning Sentinel
The United States is based on "the presumption of everlasting cheap oil, and that day has come to an end," said author Michael Klare, a political science professor, in advance of his address in Waterville.
"It's not that oil is disappearing exactly," he said, "but cheap oil is gone forever, and we'll never get back to that place. And we haven't really planned for this day."
Klare, a Massachusetts professor, thrice-published author and pioneer in the field of global-resource politics, will shed light on the concern of rising gas, energy and heating oil prices with two Waterville appearances this week.
On Thursday, Klare will speak on the topic of "America's Future and the Permanent Energy Crisis" at the Mid-Maine Global Forum's annual event at Colby College.
Klare, 65, of Northampton, Mass., is a defense correspondent for "The Nation" magazine. He also is professor of peace and world security studies for Massachusetts's Five Colleges, and based at Hampshire College. In April, his book, "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy," was published.
Klare will address the reasons behind the end of low-cost oil, using his new book's title as a guide. "Rising Powers" refers to new resource competition from China, India and other countries, while "Shrinking Planet" denotes the Earth's dwindling energy supplies.
"The failure of the Bush administration to anticipate this reality," is another topic Klare will touch on, he said. "They've had eight years; these developments were not unanticipated in 2001."
"I'm not an energy expert, per se. I'm a political scientist," he said. "My advice really has to do with how to solve this politically and internationally." An example of Klare's ideas toward a solution is his endorsement for the U.S. to cooperate with China in developing alternative-energy sources, as the countries are the globe's two primary oil consumers.
"The fulcrum of politics is not ideology, as it was in the Cold War, but resource competition; over energy, water, food or other vital materials," he said.
Gas and oil prices have dipped recently, and the trend may continue or easily reverse. "We've had a little bit of respite in the past few weeks because of declining demands in the United States and China, so the prices might not go quite as sky high as they seemed to be at the beginning of this summer," he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5300672.html
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