
I
can just feel a great pleasure after completing this fantastic journey through
the world of the oil and gas, since its beginning as a modern industry, on the
mid-1800’s, to the recent days.
To
talk about oil and gas is to talk about economics, politics, diplomacy and war,
for this energy-supplier was at the center of virtually all big events of the
last 150 years. Especially interesting, for example, was to follow how
gasoline, for tanks, ships and airplanes, dictated most of the important
decisions taken by the powers fighting the World War II.
And
oil is one of these things that is easy to grasp the importance of, since it makes
not only the headlines in the papers so often, but also plays a very noticeable
role in our daily lives, particularly after the beginning of the automobile
industry.
For
these reasons above and many more, I strongly recommend this book. The overall
discovery on the oil's history is also a great way of building a rich contextualization
over the world’s history (mainly American, European and Asian history), which
is amazing for all those interested in the past and its role in shaping the
present and future.
Finally,
I would like to thank the author, Daniel Yergin, for this great piece of work. It
is impressive to see a book with so great ambition of scope, and such
fantastic qualities of good and sober analysis, combined in an attractive
writing style that make the text, though long, very delightful to read.
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