Something you probably won't hear about on the Today Show or GMA...It's looking like we're heading for a possible unilateral naval blockade of Iran, intended to limit imports of benzene, necessary for oil refineries. Iran has limited benzene production capacity.

Other than a column in the Kennebec Journal, most reports of this are coming from overseas. This article reports resolutions in the U.S. House and Senate authorizing such a naval blockade.

Some blogs I occasionally read, including The Oil Drum and Automatic Earth, deal with some of these issues.

Warning: reading these sites may cause depression, fatigue, and general malaise.

Please remember to consume in small doses, can become boring and pedantic at dinner parties.