The start of the "Tough Oil Era"

At TomDispatch, Michael Klare, author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, and Blood And Oil, has been warning for years that the easy oil and natural gas energy reserves on Planet Earth are quickly disappearing and that we’re entering a “tough oil” era. 

In a must read article for anyone wanting to get a spin free account of what will most likely be become known as the first natural catastrophe in the age of Tough Oil, the article by Michael Klare will put the Deep Water Horizon spill in its historical context.

The article by Michael Klare , The Relentless Pursuit of Extreme Energy- 
A New Oil Rush Endangers the Gulf of Mexico and the Planet is the latest publication from the professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College.