Oil

Access to oil and natural gas, and their prices, have been axes of geo-political and economic strategy for a century. This book gives readers all they need to understand the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy - where the reserves lie, who produces what, trade patterns, consumption trends, prices. It highlights the domestic inequality, civil conflict and widespread poverty that dependence on oil exports inflicts on developing countries and the strategies of wealthy countries (especially the United States) to control oil-rich regions. Energy demand is on a strong upward trend, and the reality of the environmental damage caused by fossil fuels cannot be doubted. What are the likely human consequences - changing disease vectors? unprecedented flooding? mass migration? And what is to be done? Are alternative energy sources a panacea? Or will the much vaunted hydrogen economy still be based on oil, natural gas and coal?

ISBN 1842775219   Pages 256 ISBN13 9781842775219 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Zed Books Ltd   Weight (grammes) 200 Imprint Zed Books Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Global Issues S. Publication date 27 Apr 2005   Height (mm) 198 Library of Congress HD9560.6.S   Width (mm) 130 DEWEY 338.2728   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Introduction : oil and natural gas : the issues		1
1		Insatiable demand and the quest for supply		5
2		Conflict, poverty, inequality : the mixed blessing of oil		27
3		Oil security and global strategy		82
4		Petronationalism		127
5		'Alternatives' to oil : environmental and 'security' imperatives		154
		Conclusion : posing the questions		178

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