Prospects for China

China has an exquisite dilemma. If they allow their economy to expand too rapidly, and pay any price—they can obviously afford it—for additional imported oil while continuing to support domestic price ceilings, they will help push world oil and gasoline prices so high that they will harm their customers, driving down demand for their exports.

Carpooling: A way to meet friends, influence people

Simple, small actions can be amplified. I quietly asked Bob Steinbach (at the Yellow Springs peak oil conference) if he was going my way and could give me a ride, and the next day he used the exchange to exhort a room full of hundreds of people to ask strangers for rides or give rides to strangers.