[editor's note, by Dave] I had some input for this story from jdeely and Henry Coulter (TOD user name?). My thanks to them. These posts of mine on other countries tend to get few responses. I don't know whether to attribute this to lack of interest in other countries-- American/Euro centrisim --or other factors. I'd be interested to know your thoughts. We do live in the age of Globalization and high energy prices affect everyone everywhere on the Earth.

I thought I would do another story on how higher energy prices are affecting other parts of the world. In this case, I have picked Thailand. This story will focus a bit on the history of energy in Thailand and more on the affects of current prices on their economy and how this South East Asian country is trying cope with the stress this has caused. While there are large differences, there are eerie similarities with the United States, though on a smaller scale. We will also take a brief excursion to talk about natural gas use in vehicles.