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Book Reviews of Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline

Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline
Oil on the Brain Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline
Author: Lisa Margonelli
ISBN-13: 9780385511452
ISBN-10: 0385511450
Publication Date: 1/30/2007
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Book Type: Hardcover
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buzzby avatar reviewed Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline on + 6062 more book reviews
Boy, I learned a lot from this book (and promptly forgot most of it, but that's another story). You have to wait until nearly the end of the book to find out the real name of the Michelin Man (of course, you could google it, but that would be cheating). One of the few books I've read where the end is more interesting than the beginning, because she visits 4 oil producing countries (Venezuela, Chad, Nigeria, and Iran) along with China, and describes the disfunctionality that oil has brought to those countries.