http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/...in-africa.html
A fascinating but long (six part) article posted in Fast Company magazine about why our oil costs $4 a gallon.
And how and why China is getting away with grabbing "cheap" oil in Africa....
A blurb
"Anyone who thinks that kind of ravenous acquisition of resources is a thing of the past should take a close look at the suction China is applying in the sub-Sahara. The region is now the scene of one of the most sweeping, bare-knuckled, and ingenious resource grabs the world has ever seen."