For a minute there I thought I had to get off my couch, when all the while the fact is we don't have to do anything much but keep things afloat for just a few decades more! In fact, we'd best shut up about PO, because if our offspring finds out we knew about it all along, they'll turn and wring our necks come 2036!
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 2948 Location: 3 miles NW of Champoeg, Republic of Cascadia
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:21 am Post subject: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Yeah, Yergin's a bit of a dillrod, but his book is a heckuva story. Never uses the P word or includes Hubbert in the index, but it's where to go to learn about the ins and outs of the industry, the realpolitik machinations decade after decade after decade, the front page and backroom agonies of the 70s energy crisises, and more.
You can watch the PBS documentary version on Google Video, too. _________________ Cogito, ergo non satis bibivi
I'm just gonna find a cash machine.
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 1619 Location: Springsteen Country (NJ)
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
I read it, it was very interesting. I like how he casts the major events of the twentieth century as influenced by oil, like WWI and WWII.
He used to be a doomer too, before he sold out...
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"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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