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Mar 12
2009
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The Tyranny of OilPosted by Bruce Robinson in waste , war , transportation , technology , speaker , Sonoma , Science , resources , public safety , protest , politics , policy , nonprofit orgs , news , media , legislation , international , Ideas , history , government , finances , events , environment , economy , corporate responsibiliyt , conservation , Congress , climate change , carbon , business , author , alternative energy , air quality , activism |
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Oil companies are consolidating and reaping record profits. And that's not a good thing, for democracy or for planet earth.
Antonia Juhasz' previous book was 
It's not the cost of oil at the derrick that has been driving up the price of gasoline at the pump, says researcher, analyst and writer Antonia Juhasz. A far more influential factor is the speculative trading of oil price futures, which happens outside the view or regulatory control of this or any other government.
While most big oil companies have recently begun to portray themselves as newly sensitive to the environment and open to alternative energy, Juhasz isn't buying it.
Was the arrest and conviction of 
Santa Rosa City Schools Superintendent Sharon Liddell