The US war on the Taliban is founded on something deeper, but actually more obvious, than waging a war against militant insurgency and/or ideology. ‘The short answer is that today, as has been the case since 1979, neither a specific ‘militant’ nor ‘ideology’ is ‘being fought.’ Rather, the target of operations, for which more troops [...]

Sarah Palin believes that oil is here to stay for the US, and that renewable energy and domestic oil development should go hand-in-hand. “Alternative sources of energy are part of the answer, but only part. There’s no getting around the fact that we still need to ‘drill, baby, drill!’ And if those in D.C. say [...]

Contrary to popular thought, biofuels are not new scientific and technological innovations. They were around since the discovery of the automobile. Henry Ford’s Model Ts were planned to run on ethanol. This was as early as the beginning of the 20th century. The first diesel engines were said to be fueled on peanut oil.
Gasoline and [...]