Prelude - Softcover

Cobb, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983108900 ISBN 13: 9780983108900

Verlag: Public Interest Communications, 2010

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Book by Cobb Kurt

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A novel about secrets, treachery and the arrival of peak oil. This tale of suspense provides a startling reinterpretation of contemporary events as it dramatizes the central issue of our age–our troubled energy future. It's the summer of 2008, and Cassie Young is a rising star at a prestigious Washington, D. C. energy consulting firm. She's destined for an early partnership and a big payout from a planned merger with a larger rival. Against the backdrop of spiking oil prices, she uncovers an alarming eyes-only report in the chairman's computer files. Contrary to the public pronouncements of her firm and many official agencies, the world may start running dangerously short of oil, the lifeblood of modern society, within only a few years. Her transformation from one of the firm's true believers into a worried skeptic begins when she meets Victor Chernov, a former oil trader, who helps her gain access to the secret report. But when the hunt for the person who compromised the firm's computer system begins, Cassie suddenly finds herself on a collision course not only with her employer, but also with the government of the world's largest oil exporter. Now she must maneuver skillfully in a game of cat and mouse that places her career and ultimately her life on the line. Prelude takes readers to the Canadian tar sands; to the heart of Houston, the energy city; to an offshore drilling platform; and to the streets and suites of Washington, D.C. in a journey that unlocks the mysteries of a substance that the world cannot do without.

Biografía del autor

Kurt Cobb is an author and columnist who speaks and writes frequently on energy and the environment. His column appears on the Paris-based science news site Scitizen, and his work has been featured on Energy Bulletin, The Oil Drum, 321energy, Le Monde Diplomatique, Common Dreams, EV World, and many other sites. He is a founding member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas-USA, and he serves on the board of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions. He maintains a blog called Resource Insights.

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• Verlag: Public Interest Communications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0983108900
• ISBN 13: 9780983108900
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272