It's the Crude, Dude: Greed, Gas, War, and the American WayMacmillan, 1 апр. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 384 George W. Bush says he invaded Iraq to bring democracy to the Middle East. Some people believe that. But if you have nagging doubts, you'll be intrigued by the story unraveled in It's the Crude, Dude. |
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... fuels: oil, coal and gas. 1820s—French scientist Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier figures out that some of the sun's rays, after bouncing back from the earth, are trapped in the atmosphere, thereby warming the earth. 1850s—The possibility ...
... fuel-efficient. Significant improvement in fuel efficiency is quickly achieved. At a summit in Algiers, radicals within opec, led by Algeria, try to push the organization into becoming “the shield of the Third World.” The attempt ...
... fuel that for the past century (and for the foreseeable future) has been indispensable for both economic growth and military power, as well as essential to support the self-indulgent western lifestyle. So oil is clearly vital to the ...
... fuel (gas) will be used to produce a much dirtier one (oil). By any logic, then, most of that tar sands oil should be left in the ground. But, given the world's galloping energy desires, it certainly won't be. The tar sands are already ...
... fuel, in which case we fry the planet and civilization collapses, or we run out, and civilization collapses.” In the short run, civilization probably won't actually collapse. It will just get a lot more troubled. As we begin consuming ...
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2 Along Comes Iraq | 50 |
3 The Man to See | 93 |
4 Revolution and Ice Cream in Caracas | 124 |
the Tale of the SUV | 144 |
6 The Great Anaconda | 190 |
7 How Did Our Oil Get under Their Sand? | 218 |
the Rise of opec | 249 |
9 King of the Vandals | 287 |
10 Vroooooom | 312 |
Notes | 336 |
Acknowledgements | 362 |
Index | 364 |
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