[TheDude]

Yeah, Yergin's a bit of a dillrod, but his book is a heckuva story. Never uses the P word or includes Hubbert in the index, but it's where to go to learn about the ins and outs of the industry, the realpolitik machinations decade after decade after decade, the front page and backroom agonies of the 70s energy crisises, and more.

You can watch the PBS documentary version on Google Video, too.

[joewp]

I read it, it was very interesting. I like how he casts the major events of the twentieth century as influenced by oil, like WWI and WWII.

He used to be a doomer too, before he sold out...

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