War Big Oil And The Fight For The Planet
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It S The Crude Dude
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Author : Linda Mcquaig
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2007-04-01
It S The Crude Dude written by Linda Mcquaig and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Nature categories.
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. With all the drama of a thriller, Canadian bestselling author Linda McQuaig probes the mystery of what really lay behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq. She points to Washington's desire to gain control of the most spectacular untapped oil bonanza on Earth--even as rapidly dwindling worldwide oil reserserves threaten to turn competition for crude into the major international battleground of the future. That battle has actually been raging for decades. Once tightly controlled by Big Oil, most of the world's oil reserves have been taken over by nationalistic regimes in the Middle East. Ever since those regimes imposed an oil embargo on the United States in the mid-1970s, Washington has been determined to regain control over oil--by force if necessary. With China's recent emergence as a voracious oil consumer, there soon won't be enough oil left to fuel two superpowers. Against this backdrop--and the equally urgent problem of global warming--It's the Crude, Dude reminds us of the enormous consequences of our failure to curb our addiction to oil.
War Big Oil And The Fight For The Planet
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Author : Linda McQuaig
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2011-12-14
War Big Oil And The Fight For The Planet written by Linda McQuaig and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with Nature categories.
National bestseller It’s the Crude, Dude is back — with a slick new title and updated material. In War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the Planet, McQuaig focuses on a truly planetary issue: the cataclysmic effects our addiction to oil is having on our environment and our ability to co-exist in the world. McQuaig’s research, analysis, and eye for detail combine to produce a riveting tale about the battle over oil that shapes our times and will determine our future. Readers of all political stripes will find this book provocative, timely, and impossible to put down.
It S The Crude Dude
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Author : Linda McQuaig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
It S The Crude Dude written by Linda McQuaig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Global warming categories.
McQuaig, Canada's Michael Moore War, Big oil and the fight for the planet .
Oil Power And War
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Author : Matthieu Auzanneau
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Oil Power And War written by Matthieu Auzanneau and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with History categories.
The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource that has been undeniably central to the creation of our modern culture, and ever-present during the darkest exploits of empire the world over. For the past 150 years, oil has become the most essential ingredient for economic, military, and political power. And it has brought us to our present moment in which political leaders and the fossil-fuel industry consider extraordinary, and extraordinarily dangerous, policy on a world stage marked by shifting power bases. Upending the conventional wisdom by crafting a “people’s history,” award-winning journalist Matthieu Auzanneau deftly traces how oil became a national and then global addiction, outlines the enormous consequences of that addiction, sheds new light on major historical and contemporary figures, and raises new questions about stories we thought we knew well: What really sparked the oil crises in the 1970s, the shift away from the gold standard at Bretton Woods, or even the financial crash of 2008? How has oil shaped the events that have defined our times: two world wars, the Cold War, the Great Depression, ongoing wars in the Middle East, the advent of neoliberalism, and the Great Recession, among them? With brutal clarity, Oil, Power, and War exposes the heavy hand oil has had in all of our lives—and illustrates how much heavier that hand could get during the increasingly desperate race to control the last of the world’s easily and cheaply extractable reserves.
The Carbon War
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Author : Jeremy K. Leggett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Carbon War written by Jeremy K. Leggett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fossil fuels categories.
Excessive burning of oil, gas, and coal is raising our planet's thermostat to unacceptable levels -- a problem which has already resulted in increased natural catastrophes: storms, floods, droughts, and fires. Yet big oil companies have repeatedly hijacked efforts to slow global carbon emissions. THE CARBON WAR is a major call-to-arms for the safety of our planet. Throughout the last decade, Jeremy Leggett, a distinguished scientist at Oxford University and former director for Greenpeace, has worked doggedly to alert human kind to the threat of ecological catastrophe. With the grace of a novelist and the precision of a scientist, Leggett recounts his maddening interactions with scientific councils, international governmental meetings, and business leaders. Still, despite the government's backpedaling on eco-promises, the media's laziness, and fossil fuel company rhetoric, the transition to solar energy is coming, he argues. THE CARBON WAR is a riveting read and a critical contribution to the fight for sustainable energy.
The New Climate War
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Author : Michael E. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2021-02-02
The New Climate War written by Michael E. Mann and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with Science categories.
One of The Observer’s ‘Thirty books to help us understand the world’ Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the ways that we’ve been told we can save the planet. But are individuals really to blame for the climate crisis? Seventy-one per cent of global emissions come from the same hundred companies, but fossil-fuel companies have taken no responsibility themselves. Instead, they have waged a thirty-year campaign to blame individuals for climate change. The result has been disastrous for our planet. In The New Climate War, renowned scientist Michael E. Mann argues that all is not lost. He draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters — fossil-fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petro-states — and outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change.
We Fight For Oil
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Author : John Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
We Fight For Oil written by John Coleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Petroleum industry and trade categories.
"We Fight For Oil is a history of American involvement in the struggle to secure oil supplies that began when US troops invaded Mexico. All wars are economic in origin, no matter how they may be dressed up for public consumption." --from publisher website.
We Fight For Oil
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Author : Ludwell Denny
language : en
Publisher: New York, Knopf
Release Date : 1928
We Fight For Oil written by Ludwell Denny and has been published by New York, Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with Petroleum industry and trade categories.
From Big Oil To Big Green
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Author : Marco Grasso
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2022-05-03
From Big Oil To Big Green written by Marco Grasso and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with Political Science categories.
How Big Oil can transform itself into Big Green through reparation and decarbonization to rectify the harm it has done through fossil fuels. In From Big Oil to Big Green, Marco Grasso examines the responsibility of the oil and gas industry for the climate crisis and develops a moral framework that lays out its duties of reparation and decarbonization to allay the harm it has done. By framing climate change as a moral issue and outlining the industry’s obligation to tackle it, Grasso shows that Big Oil is a central, yet overlooked, agent of climate ethics and policy. Grasso argues that by indiscriminately flooding the global economy with fossil fuels—while convincing the public that halting climate change is a matter of consumer choice, that fossil fuels are synonymous with energy, and that a decarbonized world would take civilization back to the Stone Age—Big Oil is morally responsible for the climate crisis. He explains that it has managed to avoid being held financially accountable for past harm and that its duty of reparation has never been theoretically developed or justified. With this book, he fills those gaps. After making the moral case for climate reparations and their implementation, Grasso develops Big Oil’s duty of decarbonization, which entails its transformation into Big Green by phasing out carbon emissions from its processes and, especially, its products.
The Oil Wars Myth
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Author : Emily Meierding
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-15
The Oil Wars Myth written by Emily Meierding and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Do countries fight wars for oil? Given the resource's exceptional military and economic importance, most people assume that states will do anything to obtain it. Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Oil Wars Myth reveals that countries do not launch major conflicts to acquire petroleum resources. Emily Meierding argues that the costs of foreign invasion, territorial occupation, international retaliation, and damage to oil company relations deter even the most powerful countries from initiating "classic oil wars." Examining a century of interstate violence, she demonstrates that, at most, countries have engaged in mild sparring to advance their petroleum ambitions. The Oil Wars Myth elaborates on these findings by reassessing the presumed oil motives for many of the twentieth century's most prominent international conflicts: World War II, the two American Gulf wars, the Iran–Iraq War, the Falklands/Malvinas War, and the Chaco War. These case studies show that countries have consistently refrained from fighting for oil. Meierding also explains why oil war assumptions are so common, despite the lack of supporting evidence. Since classic oil wars exist at the intersection of need and greed—two popular explanations for resource grabs—they are unusually easy to believe in. The Oil Wars Myth will engage and inform anyone interested in oil, war, and the narratives that connect them.