Oil today is literally the blood of the world economy, as well as one of the main sources of prosperity for our country. How did it happen that it was this oily dark liquid that became the de facto main engine of technological progress, why exactly did it (and not coal, say) acquire such a pronounced smell of power, money and secrets?
Oil today is literally the blood of the world economy, as well as one of the main sources of prosperity for our country. How did it happen that it was this oily dark liquid that became the de facto main engine of technological progress, why exactly did it (and not coal, say) acquire such a pronounced smell of power, money and secrets? BBC Russian Editor-in-Chief Andrey Ostalsky, an economic journalist, traces the history of oil from the development of the first major field in Pennsylvania to the recent Gulf War. And those readers who are primarily interested in the future will find a pleasant bonus in Ostalsky’s book: the author analyzes in detail all the options for the further development of events and shares with the reader his forecast — unexpected, but generally optimistic.
Amphora, 2009
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