The Long Emergency may have begun.

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What is not being discussed rationally by the mainstream media is Katrina’s impact on energy production. They don’t dare. By my calculations and those of oil energy expert Jan Lundberg, the United States has just lost between 20% and 25% of its energy supply. My projection is that it’s not coming back — at least not most of it.

From The Wilderness article

I hate feeling like I'm crying wolf, but yikes.

Comments

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When my Father, who works in the oil industry, is worried it's a pretty good sign that we all should be worried. Even if they manage to rebuild the refineries, or for that matter build new ones, that is still going to take a long long time. We are looking at a very cold winter with rising heating costs. This hurricane has global implications.