Myths of the Oil Boom: American National Security in a Global Energy Market
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In Myths of the Oil Boom, Steve A. Yetiv, an award-winning expert on the geopolitics of oil, takes stock of our new era of heightened petroleum production and sets out to demolish both the old myths and misconceptions about oil and the new ones that are quickly proliferating. As he explains, increased production in the US will not lead to a major reduction in longer term oil prices, even if it has contributed to their precipitous fall in the short run. America will not intervene less in the Persian Gulf just because it is producing more oil domestically. Saudi Arabia is less willing or able to play global gas pump to the world economy than in the past. Building an electric car industry does not mean that consumers will buy in, but neither is it true that a broad shift toward eco-friendly cars will have very little impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Most importantly, raising the level of domestic production will never solve America's energy and strategic problems, and it may in fact worsen climate change unless it is accompanied by a serious national and global strategy to decrease oil consumption. While Yetiv takes on these and a number of other misconceptions in this panoramic account, this is not just an exercise in myth-busting; it's also a comprehensive overview of the global geopolitics of oil and America's energy future, cross-cutting some of the biggest economic and security issues in world affairs. [From Amazon.com]
ISBN
9780190212698
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
New York, NY
Keywords
Petroleum industry, National security, United States, Energy solutions, Oil supply, Prices
Disciplines
American Politics | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Environmental Studies | International Economics | International Relations | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Political Economy
Recommended Citation
Yetiv, Steve A., "Myths of the Oil Boom: American National Security in a Global Energy Market" (2015). Political Science & Geography Faculty Books. 16.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/politicalscience_geography_books/16