I agree with the author. However, I feel most of the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of some shortsighted representatives.
We truck our produce and other goods across country, import foreign produce and other goods, send our children off to school on buses and then we have the unmitigated gall to scream that it's someone else's fault that oil is in short supply and we need to tear up Alaska to find more.
Currently, I'm observing the plains states complaining about their water tables that have been reduced by lack of conservation. HA! What will California do if the Colorado River dries up? I know. They'll attempt to purchase it from Washington state...but that's been tried before...by Enron.
And now Bush is selling off the forest to lumber mills. How many more houses will have to be built to accommodate all the immigrants?
The Bible tells of the last days at Rev. 6:3-8 and we're in them.
Wood is a renewable source.
Is that you ferret, with yet another nic?