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Half Gone : Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis by Jeremy K. Leggett is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Half Gone : Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis about?

In The Empty Tank , Jeremy Leggett, an internationally renowned geologist and energy entrepreneur who spent the 1980s working for Big Oil, sounds the alarm about an unprecedented crisis. The oil topping pointthe day half of all the worlds oil is used upwill be reached, by many calculations, sometime soon. In fact, it may already be upon us. When the financial markets realize whats happening, an economic crash and soaring energy prices will result. The entire global marketplace we all inhabit will crack and crumble. Oil companies and governments dont want you to know this. They have been covering up depletion, while stoking addiction and holding back alternatives. Leggett shows how major energy producers have been exposed providing false information about climate change and underground reserves. He describes how governments collude with private enterprise and one another to keep the global economy hooked on oil. And he explains the science behind oil extraction, demonstrating with unimpeachable expertise why the well is indeed running dry a lot faster than we think. Written with verve and eloquence, The Empty Tank explains how we became addicted to oil and why that addiction is lead

Who reads Half Gone : Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis?

Author

Jeremy K. Leggett

Publisher

Portobello Books Ltd

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781846270055

Category

science

Subjects

Management, Economics, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (72 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14