Jon Udell

Damn, paste doesn't work into my twhirl window. OK, let's see if I can reconstruct this: Until I looked at the larger image, I didn realize that "Who has the oil?" shows the oil resource by size and the oil consumption by color. It would be useful to have one that reversed those two so we could have a flip-book picture of the instability. Also, despite the famously high prices for petrol and energy generally, I find it remarkable that Western Europe has managed to be a low consumer. There is probably some sort of adjustment for per capita consumption as well as national and regional consumption to give more context to this as well. All of these observations are by way of affirmation for your observation and the importance of our understanding in order to support fact-based policies and remedies to pressing societal issues (including recognition that they are pressing societal issues). Good job and many thanks. - Dennis E. Hamilton via twhirl

"What I saw that day were a half-dozen “healthy” young women dressed in form-fitting pseudo-military uniforms and high leather boots, carrying submachine guns. That’s a great way to make an entrance, I assure you." - Jon Udell