{"id":690,"date":"2008-07-30T23:29:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T07:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/30\/oil-addiction\/"},"modified":"2008-07-30T23:33:21","modified_gmt":"2008-07-31T07:33:21","slug":"oil-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/690\/oil-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, 2008<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EOm18c5Btiw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EOm18c5Btiw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If we&#8217;re addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. 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