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Addicted to Oil : America's Relentless Drive for Energy Security by Ian Rutledge; NetLibrary, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The book begins with some good definitions that guide the global oil industry. In terms of "energy grades" oil is a clear winner for powering Large Independent Mobile Machines ( LIMM ). Cars are the most popular LIMMs today and oil drives these machines. The concept of "eminent domain" in terms of the ownership of natural resources of a country establishes the supremacy of the State and the key to Government policies over oil reserves in various countries. The concept of "territorial imperative" links the valuation of shares of oil companies with their untapped proven oil reserves. Since oil is a depleting asset, oil companies should keep moving across our planet's surface in search of new reserves. The core theme of the book is around the American automobile industry and its linkage with America's foreign policy in its quest to keep feeding the millions of energy hungry vehicles on its roads. The book claims that the public transport system was systematically dismantled in America to aid the growth of the market for cars. Cheap oil was then a necessity to make their running costs affordable. Cars are very closely linked to the American culture and the country has the highest owne

Who reads Addicted to Oil : America's Relentless Drive for Energy Security?

Author

Ian Rutledge; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

I.B. Tauris ; Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan in the United States and Canada

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781423709442

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Management, Science

Rating

3.9 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14