Petrotyranny
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (667 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0888669569 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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A very timely and provocative book for specialists, policy makers, students, and general readers. Youll never want to give them your hard earned money again. A definite must for your bookshelf! (Chris Davenport The ACTivist) . (Literary Review of Canada)Petrotyranny is a comprehensive and wide-ranging look at the political implications of the development of oil production throughout the globe. (Greenpeace)Bacher throws a brilliant light on the dark background intrigues that create the deadly trinity of oil, war and dictatorship. Hoover Alternatives Journal)This is a breakthrough book for the green and peace movements, and a must-read for anyone interested in solut
Barron Laycock said Intriguing Exploration of the Petrochemical Conglomerates!. For those of us who have been watching the unfolding drama involving the petrochemical industry in which giant conglomerates like Enron have shown their cupidity and lack of public concern, the revelations contained in �Petrotyranny� come as no great surprise. If anything, one finds the arguments made in the book too conservative, given the events of the past several months. Yet this wonderf
That is, start replacing fossil-fuel burning with renewable energy - and start the process now.. What kind of power will these dictatorships possess in the future? How many wars will be fought over the ever-shrinking supply of oil?Bacher takes an optimistic approach, viewing the problem as a challenge: the world’s democracies need to devise a creative response to avoid the looming crisis. He reveals that the worst dictatorships control six times the reserves that are under democratic control, and explores the potential for global conflict that exists as the demand for energy increases and the oil supply decreases. High gas prices aren’t the end of the world- but they may be the beginning of the end. This, at leas