The Myth of the Oil Crisis: Overcoming the Challenges of Depletion, Geopolitics, and Global Warming
Autor Robin M. Millsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2008 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780313364983
ISBN-10: 0313364982
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0313364982
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Robin M. Mills is an oil industry professional with a background in both geology and economics. Currently, he is Petroleum Economics Manager for the Emirates National Oil Company in Dubai. Previously, he worked for Shell. Mills, who speaks Farsi and Arabic, is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics and Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. He holds a Master's Degree in Geological Sciences from Cambridge University.
Cuprins
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLESList of Abbreviations/Glossary1. INTRODUCTION2. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS3. BUST AND BOOM: HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY4. HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? CONVENTIONAL OIL SUPPLY RESERVES GROWTH5. DEAD DINOSAURS? THE MAJOR OIL NATIONS6. SCRAPING THE BARREL? UNCONVENTIONAL OIL SUPPLY7. GAS GIANTS8. A DANGEROUS NEIGHBOURHOOD? SUPPLY, INVESTMENT AND GEOPOLITICS9. KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON: ENERGY DEMAND10. GREEN OIL: SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT11. CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYData Sources
Recenzii
Geologist, economist, and petroleum industry insider Mills makes an intelligent case for oil's continuing role as a major, growing energy source. A Herculean task, one would think, given public sentiment on the matter. Mills manages it by first neatly dividing opposing viewpoints into five camps: geologists (those who espouse peak oil theory), economists (the markets will work it out), militarists (use power to secure energy supplies), environmentalists (fossil fuels: no), and no-Luddites (fossil fuels, consumption, and materialism: no). He then conquers their positions with lively, exhaustive sourced arguements to say that there may be more conventional oil than reported, colossal unconventional sources, and plentiful energy substitutes. Mills shows deep understanding of the complexity of the issue, and while promising no easy fixes, he is yet hopeful: gloomy predictions do not resemble the real world and take no account of human integrity.
The oil crisis and US energy policy (or lack thereof) has been debated since President Nixon was in office, and this important issue is being revisited again under the Obama administration. Mills (petroleum economics manager, Emirates National Oil Company, Dubai) provides a very good overview of the main issues at hand. He critiques the views of key groups (geologists, economists, militarist, environmentalists, and 'Neo-Luddites') on this issue; discusses sources of current and future oil reserves and other energy sources; and contends that oil supplies are growing. Mills correctly points out shortcomings and exaggerated claims of the pessimists when it comes to oil and the policy implications resulting from their claims. This book is a welcome addition to the literature and an excellent resource for those new to the field. Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduate students at all levels; practitioners.
The oil crisis and US energy policy (or lack thereof) has been debated since President Nixon was in office, and this important issue is being revisited again under the Obama administration. Mills (petroleum economics manager, Emirates National Oil Company, Dubai) provides a very good overview of the main issues at hand. He critiques the views of key groups (geologists, economists, militarist, environmentalists, and 'Neo-Luddites') on this issue; discusses sources of current and future oil reserves and other energy sources; and contends that oil supplies are growing. Mills correctly points out shortcomings and exaggerated claims of the pessimists when it comes to oil and the policy implications resulting from their claims. This book is a welcome addition to the literature and an excellent resource for those new to the field. Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduate students at all levels; practitioners.