“Oil, ethanol, land and water have produced a moment of Brazilian alchemy. Energy is the country’s new brand.”
Roger Cohen, senior IHT-columnist, wants his readers to leave their treadmills of thinking, of judging and of making decisions in a world of changed energy-supply and -demand.
He is fascinated by the Brazilian way of economic development as well as [...]

By Judy Dempsey (International Herald Tribune)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008
While governments say it is time to diversify energy sources to reduce dependence on oil, they don’t speak about the direct link between oil and natural gas

By Martin Fackler (The New York Times)
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
Japan’s re-invigorated coal industry is an example of how higher commodity prices are driving a search for resources even in some of the world’s most urbanized and developed nations