Black gold :
Marrin, Albert.
Black gold : the story of oil in our lives / Albert Marrin. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. - 181 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order.
A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows.
9780375866739 (hbk.) 0375866736 (hbk.) 9780375966736 (lib. bdg.) 0375966730 (lib. bdg.)
2011013175
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
TN872.A5 / M39 2012
553.2 MAR
Black gold : the story of oil in our lives / Albert Marrin. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. - 181 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order.
A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows.
9780375866739 (hbk.) 0375866736 (hbk.) 9780375966736 (lib. bdg.) 0375966730 (lib. bdg.)
2011013175
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
015955474 Uk
TN872.A5 / M39 2012
553.2 MAR