Media Ignorance: Getting Painful at the Pump

I found this clip astounding. Definitely funny at certain moments. The media almost always ignores the fundamental fact which is necessary for understanding the gasoline crisis that the U.S. with 4% of the world's population, consumes 25% of the world's oil. That Americans complain about the high price of gasoline so much is perhaps an indication that they can no longer afford the exorbitantly expensive transportation model that the car represents.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• media
• ignorance
• terror
• war
• empire
• Iraq
• CNN
• mass
• transit
• gasoline
• peak
• oil

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8-apr-08 $4.00 gal in California (SF)