"I'm not going to wait until we've got another $4-a-gallon gasoline before suddenly everybody says, why don't we have an energy policy?  We can't wait.  (Applause.)  I'm not going to wait until suddenly we find out that our children can't compete for the jobs of the future.  That's why we're going to fix education now, not later. We can't wait.  (Applause.)"  President Obama, March 2009. Source:  DOE, Energy Information Administration.Hoven's Index for June 16, 2011CO2 emissions from petroleum as percentage of world total:Asia & Oceana:  28.4%North America:  28.0%Europe & Eurasia:  25.2%Middle East:  7.6%Central & South America:  7.0%Africa:  3.8%  Data source:  DOE, Energy Information Administration.Graph of the Day Archive.(Read Full Post)