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Lives per Gallon : The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781597265355
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lives per GallonDDC classification:
  • 333.8/232
LOC classification:
  • HD9502.A2 T34 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- Ch. 1 The Breath of Our Fathers -- Ch. 2 A Losing Proposition -- Ch. 3 Desperate Enterprise -- Ch. 4 All That Glitters -- Ch. 5 Wealth Seems Rather to Possess Them -- Ch. 6 Worse poison to Men's Souls -- Ch. 7 Postcards from the Year 2025 -- Ch. 8 The Quality of Mercy -- Epilogue The Seventh Generation -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Lives Per Gallon is a searing indictment of America's oil economy and a powerful prescription for change. With tales of corporations knowingly exposing citizens to poisonous chemicals, conspiring to derail public transportation, and purposely disabling their own pollution controls, Terry Tamminen builds a powerful case against powerful industries. And he shows how demanding accountability could help pave the road to sustainable energy. Offering real-worldsolutions, Tamminen poses a vital challenge: kick the oil habit or continue paying in lives per gallon.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- Ch. 1 The Breath of Our Fathers -- Ch. 2 A Losing Proposition -- Ch. 3 Desperate Enterprise -- Ch. 4 All That Glitters -- Ch. 5 Wealth Seems Rather to Possess Them -- Ch. 6 Worse poison to Men's Souls -- Ch. 7 Postcards from the Year 2025 -- Ch. 8 The Quality of Mercy -- Epilogue The Seventh Generation -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Lives Per Gallon is a searing indictment of America's oil economy and a powerful prescription for change. With tales of corporations knowingly exposing citizens to poisonous chemicals, conspiring to derail public transportation, and purposely disabling their own pollution controls, Terry Tamminen builds a powerful case against powerful industries. And he shows how demanding accountability could help pave the road to sustainable energy. Offering real-worldsolutions, Tamminen poses a vital challenge: kick the oil habit or continue paying in lives per gallon.

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