- Title : The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial Resource
- Author : Leonardo Maugeri
- Rating : 4.92 (450 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-4-13
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 360 Pages
- Asin : 0275990087
- Language : English
Most biographies are about people you've probably heard of already. Sidney Shapiro went to China just after World War II. Houston's book seems to be an excellent overview of the costume of the late medieval period. James places you into his world and you grow to love the people and the land as if you were there with him through his journey.. It is well written, s
Most biographies are about people you've probably heard of already. Sidney Shapiro went to China just after World War II. Houston's book seems to be an excellent overview of the costume of the late medieval period. James places you into his world and you grow to love the people and the land as if you were there with him through his journey.. It is well written, so even when he is giving the detailed history, it is easy to read. I spent a week in Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, where Slowinski conducted some of his earlier research, and can attest to Jamie Jame's depiction of northern Burma as remote and wonderful. 256). It made me believe, more than ever, that the light that burns half as long burns twice as bright. 315).By the last half of the book, it just fell apart:1. The 19th century was a critical time for patent and copyright law because the laws and protocol as well as a patent office were being established.In 1829 Story became the first Dane Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School. This is a new edition of a biography first published in the US in 1987. 77). Slowinski's final hours is tragic yes, but also quite evocative and educational. The author provided a general overview of history that helped place Story in a timeIn a single generation, we've experienced the energy crisis of 1973; the dramatic oil countershock of 1986; the oil collapse of 1998-99 that gave rise to the idea of oil as just another commodity; and the sharp price increases following hurricane Katrina's devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Leonardo Maugeri clears the cobwebs by describing the colorful history of oil, and explaining the fundamentals of oil production. Oil is the most vital resource of our time. The history of the oil market has been marked, since its inception, by a succession of booms and busts, each one leading to a similar psychological climax and flawed political decisions. Today, we are experiencing a global oil boom that, paradoxically, seems to herald a gloomy era of scarcity exacerbated by growing consumption and the threat from Islamic terrorism in the oil-rich Middle East.Maugeri argues that the pessimists are wrong. Because it is so important, misperceptions about the black goFrom Booklist Sixty years ago, a British diplomat was questioned about the morality of his government's policies in the Middle East. Still, this is a valuable effort to explain the issues. Environmentalists and those who demand reliance on alternative renewable-energy sources will dispute many of his assertions. The present danger, he claims, is that panicky or ambitious politicians will make current problems far worse. "The world," he responded, "runs on oil, not on quaint notions of right or wrong." With the soaring price of oil now threatening to spur a dreaded inflationary cycle here and abroad, those words certainly resonate. Jay FreemanCopyright © American Library Association. Maugeri minimizes the threat of blackmail by oil--producing nations, and he dismisses fears that the world is running out of oil. Maugeri has attempted to explain to lay readers how the oil industry developed, how it works, and where it is headed. There is understandable anxiety, even hysteria, regarding the future cost and availability of this vital resource. All rights reserved
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