Crude : The Story Of Oil, Hardcover by Shah, Sonia, Like New Used, Free shipp...
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Crude : The Story Of Oil, Hardcover by Shah, Sonia, Like New Used, Free shipp.... Crude : The Story Of Oil, Hardcover by Shah, Sonia, ISBN 1583226257, ISBN-13 9781583226254, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Independent journalist Shah examines the role of oil in the world's history, economy, politics, and environment. She first describes the science of oil and sketches a brief history of how it came to eclipse coal as the primary energy source of the industrial world. Over the course of subsequent chapters she discusses such aspects of oil as the way it distorts the economies of exporting countries, its role in . policy in the Middle East, the environmental dangers of its exploitation, and the dire implications of the thought that we have reached or will shortly reach the peak levels of production possible at a time of exploding demand. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
