Lives per gallon, the true cost of our oil addiction, Terry Tamminen
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- Industria del petróleo
- Política energética -- Estados Unidos
- Volksgezondheid
- Middle East -- History, Military
- Milieutoxicologie
- Aardolie
- Energy policy -- United States
- Cercano Oriente -- Historia militar
- Military history
- Middle East
- Consumo de energía + Aspectos ambientales
- Erdölwirtschaft
- USA
- Milieuverontreiniging
- Energy policy
- Energiebeleid
- United States
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Energy consumption + Environmental aspects
- Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeit
- Oliecrisis (1973)
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Lives per gallon, the true cost of our oil addiction, Terry Tamminen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-251) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Lives per gallon
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
68373227
Responsibility statement
Terry Tamminen
Sub title
the true cost of our oil addiction
Summary
How much would you pay for a gallon of gas? Would you pay with the health of your lungs or with years taken from your lifespan? The infamous "pain at the pump" runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Petroleum may power our cars and heat our homes, but it also contributes to birth defects and disorders like asthma and emphysema, not to mention cancer. Here, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and other health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil. While the petroleum industry is raking in huge profits, Tamminen shows, it is studiously avoiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its products. The choice is clear: continue paying with our health, or kick our addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy.--From publisher description
Table of contents
The breath of our fathers -- A losing proposition -- Desperate enterprise -- All that glitters -- Wealth seems rather to possess them -- Worse poison to men's souls -- Postcards from the year 2025 -- The quality of mercy -- Epilogue : the seventh generation
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