Then again it’s not necessary to be a fan of Moore’s for the strategic implications to be worthy of study:
Hydrocarbons and a New Strategic Region: The Caspian Sea and Central Asia
by Mr. Lester W. Grau (Lt.Col. Retd.), Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Military Review May-June 2001
http://leav-www.army.mil/fmso/documents/hydrocarbons/hydrocarbons.htm
Hardly a looney-tunes source.
How come you newbies always find an old thread to resurrect? Isn't there anything current that interests you or what?