Tamminen, Terry.

Lives per gallon: the true cost of our oil addiction / Terry Tamminen. - xxiv, 263 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-251) and index.

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.

Examines America's dependence on foreign oil and the corporate heads that drive it, revealing the more insidious costs of oil and the negative impact the importation and use of oil has on Americans' health and lifestyle.

Adult Adult Follett Library Resources

1597265063 9781597265065 (pbk.)


Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
Energy policy--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
Energy policy--United States.
Petroleum industry.


Middle East--History, Military.
Middle East--Military history.

HD9502.A2 / T34 2009

333.8/232