Friday, May 02, 2003


It was about oil after all. Sir Jonathan Porritt, Tony Blair 's most Senior Environment Adviser, said Iraqi Oil was a "very strong factor" in going to war with Iraq. "There would not have been a war if Iraq didn't have the world's largest oil reserves". (In Danish) The US Energy Department forecast oil demand will climb 50% by 2025, indicating alternative energy sources were going to play a marginal role. Bush made the introduction of hydrogen cars a priority .. within the next 2 decades! A plan for no change, sure to please Bush&Co, car manufaturers and oil producers. CO2 emissions are projected to increase by 59%. (Financial Times May 2)