You're French. ;)

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

Yes, I agree. the mebrace of islam as a political ideology is a cultrral response to non-religious pressures. Muslims in both the West and the Middle east are feeling, for entirely different reasons, that their identity (define as preferred) is under pressure. That they arrive at similar solutions is more of a product of modern communications than it is of a normal "islamic" response to diverse issues.

keep to the Fen Causeway