Jim Devine wrote: > > Peter Hollings:> I do not think "peak oil" is proven to be immanent. > Therefore, I think it speculative to count it as a counter-force to > globalization.< > > I agree that peak oil has not been proven. If it happened, it might > cause simply a new kind of globalism, perhaps a "Mad Max"[*] kind of > war over oil that envelops the whole world. After all, the last World > War (numero dos) was partly over oil.
My memory on this is shaky, but I believe one of the major points of tension which led to WW ONE was the German plan to build a Berlin to Baghdad railroad, hence threatening the British grip on Persian oil. Carrol
