Lives per gallon : the true cost of our oil addiction / Terry Tamminen.
Lives per gallon : the true cost of our oil addiction / Terry Tamminen.
Lives per gallon : the true cost of our oil addiction / Terry Tamminen.
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Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2006.
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N338.8232/ 1
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English
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Physical content
ix, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The breath of our fathers -- A losing proposition -- Desperate enterprise -- All that glitters -- Wealth rather seems to possess them -- Worse poison to men's souls -- Postcards from the year -- The quality of mercy -- Epilogue : the seventh generation.
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Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2006.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"Like big tobacco, Tamminen argues, the oil and auto industries have deceived us to line their own pockets. With tales of corporations knowingly exposing citizens to poisonous chemicals, conspiring to derail public transportation, and purposely disablng their own pollution controls, he builds a case against powerful industries." "And he shows how d...
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Lives per gallon : the true cost of our oil addiction / Terry Tamminen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-251) and index.
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c2006.
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N338.8232/ 1
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74VKJRyR4QNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJRyR4QNZ
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ISBN
9781597261012
1597261017 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
333.8232
MMS ID
991022160459702626
