Our dependence on oil is only part of the problem – the real issue is the inability of consumers and corporations to change destructive behaviour
In his 2006 state of the union address, then-US president George W Bush admitted that "America is addicted to oil". A few months later, when asked about the advisability of extracting oil from tar sands in Canada, former US vice president Al Gore quipped, "well, junkies find veins in their toes". This use of the addiction metaphor across the political spectrum marked a major attitude shift, from embracing fossil fuels as a near-miracle in energy intensity that fuelled the greatest expansion of prosperity in history, to anxiety over petroleum's greenhouse gas emissions and related negative environmental and social impacts, spurring interest in low-carbon alternatives and renewable energy sources.
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