Big Oil
Pump Up The Price
(Note: This column is reprinted from a Nov. 16, 2005 column on my website.)
Years ago, my sister graduated from college with a major in environmental studies. She wanted to save the planet, and couldn’t understand why telling people about the problem wouldn’t get the job done. After two years in Morocco with the Peace Corps, she returned with a new focus on finding ways to show how people can make more money through environmentally friendly technologies. I’m betting she can save the planet now.
Recently, the price of oil and natural gas has skyrocketed even faster than the cost of health care. Things were bad enough In the summer and fall, when the major oil purchases were for gasoline. But as winter approaches and we’ll have to pay more to heat our homes, these higher prices will really hit us where we live.
And that’s a good thing.
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