The letter commends the State Department for inching slowly toward an understanding of the significant difference in the amount of greenhouse gases caused by the energy-intensive production of Alberta's heavy oil compared with the amount caused by the production of conventional oil.
One of the few sectors that has gained a full head of steam during the weak U.S. economic recovery is the energy industry. Many pundits and politicians see it as a jobs panacea. During the presidential debates last October, the two candidates claimed that the energy sector would create anywhere from 600,000 to 3.5 million jobs.
(CNN) -- We are using the Internet wrong. Smartphones turn people into horrible listeners. And cat videos aren't as riveting as we think they are.
These are just some of the revelations writer Paul Miller had during a year of self-imposed exile from the Internet.