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The price of oil has risen with instabiity in the Middle East and North Africa, renewing calls to cut our dependence on foreign oil as it threatens our economy and national security.
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.