Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline book by Lisa Margonelli
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline book by Lisa Margonelli
Oil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry—the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day.
Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second, without giving it much of a thought. Where does all this gas come from? Lisa Margonelli’s desire to learn took her on a one-hundred thousand mile journey from her local gas station to oil fields half a world away. In search of the truth behind the myths, she wriggled her way into some of the most off-limits places on earth: the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the New York Mercantile Exchange’s crude oil market, oil fields from Venezuela, to Texas, to Chad, and even an Iranian oil platform where the United States fought a forgotten one-day battle.
In a story by turns surreal and alarming, Margonelli meets lonely workers on a Texas drilling rig, an oil analyst who almost gave birth on the NYMEX trading floor, Chadian villagers who are said to wander the oil fields in the guise of lions, a Nigerian warlord who changed the world price of oil with a single cell phone call, and Shanghai bureaucrats who dream of creating a new Detroit.
Deftly piecing together the mammoth economy of oil, Margonelli finds a series of stark warning signs for American drivers.
Book Specifications
Book Title
You are viewing an alternative format/edition for this title. You can proceed directly to this book's page to complete your purchase.
More Books By Lisa Margonelli
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline book by Lisa Margonelli
People who bought this also bought
Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality book by Ziauddin Yousafzai
You Can Make It Happen: A Nine Step Plan for Success book by Stedman Graham
God's Generals: The Missionaries (Volume 5) book by Roberts Liardon
Debt-Proof Living: The Complete Guide to Living Financially Free book by Mary Hunt
The Art of Laziness: Overcome Procrastination & Improve Your Productivity book by Library Mindset
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old book by Deepak Chopra
Amazing Grace: 366 Devotions Large Print book by Solly Ozrovech
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles book by Steven Pressfield
Take Control of Your Health: A Woman's Guide to Staying Well at Any Age book by Julia Hansen
God Loves You: He Always Has--He Always Will Book By DR David Jeremiah
Stroke: Questions You Have... Answers You Need book by Jennifer Hay
Day-votions for Grandmothers: Heart to Heart Encouragement book by Rebecca Barlow Jordan