This is a book all North Americans should read. We seem blissfully
unaware of the fact that our motor vehicles are using a
non-renewable resource which will eventually run out. In fact, this
book explains that we will not actually run out of oil. Instead,
its price will rise as we need to exploit harder to extract, and
more costly petroleum. As the price of petroleum products rises, it
becomes profitable and therefore possible to pump oil up from deep
under the sea. It becomes possible to explore ever more remote
sites - like the northern slope of Alaska. Canadian tar sands were
not profitable when the price was $20 per barrel. At $40 and $60,
they are real money makers.
This book should be required reading for conservative presidents of
the U.S.A.. Perhaps somebody will read it to him . . .