The Oil Drum

This is the time of year when we often spend some time traveling, and at the time that I went down to the ASPO Meeting in Houston, I picked up a book on the oil situation that I read on the way down and back. The book is “Freedom from Oil”, by David Sandalow. Because of the way it is presented the book turned out to relatively easy to pick and put down, as trip segments evolved, and so I thought I would briefly review it today. It gives a different view of the situation, illustrating, through the use of memoranda from the different Departments and Secretaries of the Government, how a policy speech and program get assembled. The topic, and sub-title of the book is “How the Next President Can End the United States’ Oil Addiction”, and that was good enough for me to pluck it from the shelf and onto the airplane.