Lives per Gallon : The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction.
Tamminen, Terry.
Lives per Gallon : The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)
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.
9781597265355
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
Energy policy--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Middle East--History, Military.
Electronic books.
HD9502.A2 T34 2006
333.8/232
Lives per Gallon : The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)
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.
9781597265355
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
Energy policy--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Middle East--History, Military.
Electronic books.
HD9502.A2 T34 2006
333.8/232