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txwitch80's review against another edition
4.0
Oil runs the world. It's the destroyer of nations and civilizations. It's the reason we have tangled alliances. Wonderful read.
buttermellow's review against another edition
4.0
"When we wake up tomorrow, we will still be dependent on petroleum & complicit in the forms of violence--physical, environmental and cultural--that are the consequences of its extraction. The twilight of oil needs to be as short as possible. This is where a fortunate convergence occurs between the answers to climate change, peak oil, and the resource curse." p. 222
matttrevithick's review against another edition
2.0
Not really a great book - as others have said, sort of reads like a long magazine article. No heavy hitting analysis, though the author does manage to get interviews with some key players in the oil industry. The main point of this book is: oil is a dirty and corrupt business. While some of the examples of how disturbing it is are memorable, for the most part, this is a book that tells you things you already know.
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