For those who care to see below the surface, it should be obvious that the Nobel Committee's awarding of the Peace Prize to Al Gore is part of a plot by the Right to discredit the award.
The notion of "Peace Through Economic Suffocation" is so absurd on the face of it that it can only be explained by the machinations of the Bush-Rove-Cheney-Limbaugh Axis.
In any case, rumor has it that Al Gore is chartering the QE II to ferry his lawyers over to Oslo in the event of a recount.
UPDATE: Seriously. We know that many wars get started over resources. Why? Because resources represent wealth, either now or in the future. We see this every day in Africa, where Euro-led opposition to GMOs is starving millions of people to death. How is artificially depressing the world's economy, reducing its real and potential wealth, going to serve the cause of peace? It's more likely to cause war and instability than to encourage people to settle down to, what? To business they're not allowed to tend to?
Perhaps the only thing that could prevent these conflicts is the threat of UN blue helmets raping the children you're fighting to feed.