The oracle of oil : a maverick geologist's quest for a sustainable future / Mason Inman.

Author
Inman, Mason [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
Description
xv, 413 pages ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    Describes the life and career of the geophysicist and Shell Oil researcher who shocked the scientific community with his brilliance but also with his controversial predictions about the peak and steady decline of American oil production.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-385) and index.
    Contents
    • CHICAGO, 1923-1929: The journey
    • Pioneers' eyes
    • Bugged out
    • Complete rebellion
    • NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC, 1930-1943: The meeting
    • The fad
    • Lessons
    • Borderlands
    • The swiftest decline
    • Fighting mad
    • Total mobilization
    • HOUSTON, 1943-1956: No doubt
    • The million-dollar lab
    • A precarious position
    • The parley
    • Stampede
    • A magical effect
    • Sweeping under the rug
    • Jolted
    • HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON, DC, 1956-1973: Guesstimating
    • The beer-can experiment
    • Presto! Chango!
    • The rich Texans
    • A grand survey
    • Penny pinching
    • Returning home
    • The zapp hypothesis
    • Ruthless
    • Energy crisis
    • Limits
    • The Republican ethic
    • WASHINGTON, DC, 1973-1989: 180 Degrees
    • This sacred thing of growth
    • Blueprints
    • Buoyed up
    • Incomprehensibly large numbers
    • The prophet
    • Hubbert factors
    • Heroic dreams
    • Things we could do tomorrow.
    Other title(s)
    Maverick geologist's quest for a sustainable future
    ISBN
    • 9780393239683 ((hardcover))
    • 0393239683 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2015049966
    OCLC
    934937781
    Other standard number
    • 40025968857
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