Until Markos gets the style sheets fixed for dKos, it's going to be a real pain reading diaries over there.  Everything keeps creeping into the margin.

What did you think of RedDan's comment on the physics of extraction?  I'd love to see a source on his numbers, but I remember an old economics prof of mine describing essetntially the same problem.

Thank goodness, you finally posted your diary here. I tried to read it at dKos this morning and simply couldn't. I got an intense headache from the effort. I rely on your insights and have been clicking in all morning waiting to actually be able to read what you'd written.

So glad this is posted here, where it is easily readable!  

A practical question:  I am dreading what I see as the inevitable rise to $100/bbl because I have oil heat...should I be thinking about switching over to an electric heat pump?  Or will that be equally expensive in the long run?

Thoughts, anyone?