There's another poster and a little commentary here -
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=28

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And there's another one in this comment -
http://www.relocalize.net/oil_politics#comment-1874

In his book Blood and Oil, Klare -- while discussing policy documents, and other government practices and structures -- shows how the U.S. government assumes that there will be ever-increasing demand for oil.

Of course, there are a lot of structural inclinations in that direction of more and more oil demands and dependencies --
most notably, an energy industry that profits because of demands for the stuff, and automobile companies that sell oil-fuelled vehicles

The U.S. government is going with that flow, so to speak.

Regarding ties with the energy industry, here's a symbolic scandal -
http://www.desmogblog.com/sex-drugs-oil-and-u-s-government

There's more to all of the foreign policy interventions in and around the Middle East (given the Christian Right, the Israeli State Zionists, the military-industrial complex, and so on and so on), but obviously there is a major oil factor.

Natural gas is very sought after as well -- though not much of it will be shipped across the ocean.

.... but please remember, we were also drilling like crazy back then. It was unthinkable back then that any country would ever, EVER put itself at peril by not using its own natural resources.

And try this out for size:

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/use_it_up/images_html/ride_with_hitler.html

And try this on for size:

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/use_it_up/images_html/ride_with_hitler.html

Here's my suggestion....

"When you drive a gas-guzzling SUV, the whole Bin Laden family rides with you!"

Imagine how Americans would react to a poster like that...

(Not to denigrate a good Saudi family, but they have gotten incredibly rich off of selling us oil, and one of their scions is after all America's greatest enemy)

Lol, great pictures! :) Nowadays people should carpool more too.

> yet, there is no government propaganda (that I am aware of) that seriously encourages conservation

Surely it's because WW2 was not *about* the resources, but the resources were needed in order to fight the war, whereas the current/recent conflicts have been fought to protect the supply of oil in order to continue selling it, and thus reducing the demand through encouraging conservation would be counterproductive.

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