Monday, August 07, 2006

Paul Salopek, et al: A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble

(Courtesy of Thoughts on the Eve of the Apocalypse and Gordon Coale)

A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble
STORY BY PAUL SALOPEK, TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT
RESEARCH BY BRENDA KILIANSKI, TRIBUNE RESEARCHER
PHOTOS BY KUNI TAKAHASHI, TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPHER
Chicago Tribune

What does it take to quench America’s mighty thirst for gasoline? Pulitzer-winning correspondent Paul Salopek traced gas pumped at a suburban Chicago station to the fuel’s sources around the globe. In doing so, he reveals how our oil addiction binds us to some of the most hostile corners of the planet—and to a petroleum economy edging toward crisis.

The Four Part Story

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