This book explores today's global dependency on oil and reveals the
sobering realities of the relationship between oil, politics and money.
An excellent introduction for young adults.
Oil, our main source of energy, underlies the world's economy. In the
twentieth century its availability and relatively low price allowed for
the industrial growth and development of the world's leading economies.
The new rapidly developing giants, India and China, want access to the
same possibilities. But today we know that cheap, easily accessible oil
supplies are dwindling, and we are beginning to recognize the true cost
to the world's environment of our profligate use of this form of energy.
As Oil shows, a substantial portion of the world's remaining supply
lies in countries whose interests are not identical with those of the
major industrial powers.
"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school
libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take
ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left
them." -- Globe and Mail