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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Petroleum is so deeply entrenched in our economy, politics, and daily lives that even modest efforts to phase it out, are fought tooth and nail. Companies and governments depend on oil revenues. Developing nations see oil as their only means to industrial success. And, the Western middle class refuses to modify its energy-dependent lifestyle.
But, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned through most of the world's accessible oil within...
Author
Publisher
Experiment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Describes the causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the environmental, economic, and social damage done by the subsequent oil spill, and suggests ways to prevent another such disaster through decreased dependence on petroleum products.
6) Fuel
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of America's overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil. Having been born and raised in one of the USA's most oil-producing regions, Josh Tickell saw firsthand how the industry controls, deceives, and damages the country, its people, and the environment, and after one too many people he knew became sick, he knew he just couldn't idly stand by any longer.
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Greenhaven Press's At Issue Series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point out sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills,...