- Forecasting, Government policy, Political aspects of Petroleum industry and trade, Energievoorziening
Petroleum is now so deeply entrenched in our economy, our politics, and our personal expectations that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail by the most powerful forces in the world: companies and governments that depend on oil revenues; the developing nations that see oil as the only means to industrial success; and a Western middle class that refuses to modify its energy-dependent lifestyle.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Roberts
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Houghton Mifflin, Mariner Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780747570813
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“ONLY THE BAREST details remain from the day Thomas Newcomen saved the Industrial Revolution from collapse and launched the great race for energy that has defined civilization ever since.”
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