Lessons from surging oil prices

Living on Earth

Global political turmoil is turning oil into an increasingly expensive addiction. Jim Woolsey, former director of the CIA, tells Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood that the recent spike in prices at the pump could just be the beginning.

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