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America currently consumes about 7 billion bbl. of oil a year. When production in Persian Gulf fields was ramped up by 12 billion bbl. a year in the 1960s, global prices collapsed. That made it politically painless for the U.S. to ban almost all new drilling off the Florida and California coasts and then in much of Alaska. With oil, as with textiles, domestic production peaked because others began producing the same stuff cheaper, while we contrived to make our production more expensive. Today Alaska contains 18 billion bbl. of off-limits crude. We've embargoed at least an additional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Energy: Viewpoints: It's the End of Oil / Oil Is Here to Stay | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...disgusted as I am by China's use of coerced sterilization and abortion. But perhaps we should temper our shock by recognizing that China, with more than 20% of the earth's population, has a real and extremely serious population problem for which there may not be any painless or entirely humane solutions. The Chinese have a collective cultural memory of famine and mass starvation. We need to be aware of the reasons and rationale for China's population-control policies. John Coffee Marietta, Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...disgusted as I by China's use of coerced sterilization and abortion. But perhaps we should temper our shock by recognizing that China, with more than 20% of the earth's population, has a real and extremely serious population problem for which there may not be any painless or entirely humane solutions. The Chinese have a collective cultural memory of famine and mass starvation. We need to be aware of the reasons and rationale for China's population-control policies. John Coffee Marietta, Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the System Broke Down | 10/4/2005 | See Source »

...disgusted as I by China's use of coerced sterilization and abortion. But perhaps we should temper our shock by recognizing that China, with more than 20% of the earth's population, has a real and extremely serious population problem for which there may not be any painless or entirely humane solutions. The Chinese have a collective cultural memory of famine and mass starvation. We need to be aware of the reasons for China's population-control policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 10, 2005 | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

Although Vote or Die works with candidates to make their campaigns run as smoothly as possible, this does not guarantee a painless process...

Author: By Rachel Banks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Group Promotes Diversity On UC | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

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