Pipelines to Power. Chris Richards and others.
by Richards, Chris; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 62Environment. Publisher: New Internationalist, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Africa -- Social conditions | Asia -- Social conditions | Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline | Exploitation | Latin America -- Social conditions | Natural resources | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Petroleum | Petroleum industry and trade | Petroleum pipelines | Power (Social sciences) | Social historyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Walk into any modern home and you'll find petroleum-based products everywhere: preservatives in foods; soapy detergent liquid; synthetic fibres in clothes and carpets; plastic bottles and bags; chemicals that fertilize plants; synthetic rubber on shoes; make-up, nail polish, lipsticks and hair-dye. Oil makes the difference between living in a developed or a developing world. It heats houses, provides fuel for cars and machinery and lubricates the generators that produce electricity. As a primary energy producer, oil creates power. And oil pipelines bring that power to the people. How can any other conclusion be reached?" (NEW INTERNATIONALIST) This article discusses the economic and political power created by oil pipelines, noting that "power is working against, rather than for, the people in the countries where the pipelines run."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Pipelines to Power, Oct. 2003; pp. 9-28.
"Walk into any modern home and you'll find petroleum-based products everywhere: preservatives in foods; soapy detergent liquid; synthetic fibres in clothes and carpets; plastic bottles and bags; chemicals that fertilize plants; synthetic rubber on shoes; make-up, nail polish, lipsticks and hair-dye. Oil makes the difference between living in a developed or a developing world. It heats houses, provides fuel for cars and machinery and lubricates the generators that produce electricity. As a primary energy producer, oil creates power. And oil pipelines bring that power to the people. How can any other conclusion be reached?" (NEW INTERNATIONALIST) This article discusses the economic and political power created by oil pipelines, noting that "power is working against, rather than for, the people in the countries where the pipelines run."
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