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- Book Title
- Patch : the People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
- Publication Name
- The Patch
- Title
- The Patch
- Subtitle
- The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1501115103
- EAN
- 9781501115103
- ISBN
- 9781501115103
- Edition
- Canadian ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, Business & Economics, Political Science
- Topic
- Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / General, Geopolitics, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Petroleum
- Release Date
- 13/11/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Winner of the National Business Book Award Longlisted for the 2018 BC National Nonfiction Award Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers onto the streets of Fort McMurray, showing the myriad ways the oil sands impact our lives and demanding that we ask the question: To both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about the Patch? The Patch is the story of Fort McMurray and the oil sands in northern Alberta, the world's second largest proven reserve of oil. But this is no conventional story about the oil business. Rather, it is a portrait of the world of the Patch, showing just how deeply the oil sands continue to impact the lives of everyone around the world. At its peak, the oil sands represented an industrial triumph and the culmination of a century of innovation, experiment, engineering, policy, and finance. Fort McMurray was a boomtown, the centre of a new gold rush, and the oil sands were reshaping the global energy, political, and financial landscapes. But in recent years, a new narrative has emerged. As the cold, hard, scientific reality of the Patch's effect on the environment has become clear, the region has turned into a boogeyman and a lightning rod for the global movement combatting climate change. Today, the streets of Fort McMurray remain the front line of a high-stakes collision between two conflicting worldviews--one of industrial triumph and another of environmental stewardship--each backed by major players on the world stage. The Patch is the definitive account of this ongoing conflict. It follows a select group of key characters who live and work in the oil sands. Through an insightful combination of global perspective and on-the-ground action, The Patch shows how the reach of the oil sands extends to all of us. From Fort Mac to the Bakken shale country of North Dakota, from Houston to London, from Saudi Arabia to the shores of Brazil, the whole world is connected in this enterprise. And it demands that we ask the question: In order to both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about the Patch?
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1501115103
ISBN-13
9781501115103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242837350
Product Key Features
Book Title
Patch : the People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / General, Geopolitics, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Petroleum
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Business & Economics, Political Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
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Chris Turner is a voice of sanity in an increasingly shrill and polarized world. He looks at matters critically, cleanly, and honestly, without ideological blinkers. Anyone who wants to understand the complex nature of the oil sands should start with this book., Turner deftly weaves together the personal and the political, the local and the global. In the process, he gives readers a top-to-bottom, broadly contextual perspective on the past, present, and potential future of an important, if problematic, Canadian resource., The Patch breaks from the scrum of industry boosters and celebrity-flashing environmentalists to provide an accessible, balanced perspective on what Turner describes as 'one of the most colossally scaled engineering projects in human history.', A lucid and fair presentation of history, context and science surrounding the tar sands controversy, and, as such a valuable book to think with...The future of humanity may well be determined by our decisions about fossil fuels, including our contentious tar sands, over the next few decades. We have to get this one right, and thoughtful books like The Patch may well help us do so. This is required reading for all engaged citizens., A personal touch and colourful anecdotes are the book's core strengths...Turner has provided a holistic account of one of the largest industrial developments in human history., This book is a lucid and fair presentation of history, context and science surrounding the tar sands controversy, and, as such a valuable book to think with.
Copyright Date
2018
Dewey Decimal
333.8/2320971
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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