It's already bringing reductions in energy and greenhouse emissions. The economy is growing rapidly, but energy demand is much lower since the advent of the Internet.

Nothing wastes more energy than something nobody buys.

It is increasingly clear that global warming makes [hurricanes] more severe and destructive. Katrina is the shape of things to come.

Nothing like this has ever happened before.

The economy is generally slowing for a wide variety of reasons -- energy is one, but also the stimulus is wearing off.

We have an economy that has shown signs of slowing. With energy prices at extremely high levels -- and now moving above those levels -- this is kind of a double whammy,