The End of Oil

by Paul Middleton

This is an essential guide to the most valuable and contentious resource of Oil. We know that burning it isn't good for our environment and that it will run out one day. We know there maybe plenty of it in the Middle East, but that is a politically unstable region wracked by violence. Will we always have access to what's left? Where is all the oil? and, what will the future bring for our oil-hungry economies?

86 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am certainly no Einstein when it comes subject matters such as North America's use of energy and issues that are involved. That said, I am learning - however slow that may be - and Paul Middleton's book The End of Oil is a good starting point for people such as myself who want to have a better understanding without getting bogged down in jargon. He truly lives up to the Heavyweight Issues, Lightweight Read; a great book at less then a hundred pages. Middleton looks at oil, who has it, who and how it is used, and the effects it is having on the enviornment. The reader gains and understanding of why we need to change the way we view oil.

[Nkenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting title, with much expectations, expectations which were sustained till half way into the book. The book is insightful and provides a pretty much balanced angle on forecasts, but the dooms day scenario which the end of oil will spell for industrialist nations isn't well depicted rather alternatives and contingencies for an end to oil, despite that I find the book really educative and interesting.

[Gurnam Koghar · Rating 3 out of 5]

General oversight into important historical events which have shaped our contemporary society. A must read as an introduction to this subject !