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The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
Island Books
October 2006
On Sale: October 6, 2006
272 pages
ISBN: 1597261017
EAN: 9781597261012
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
How much would you pay for a gallon of gas? $4.00? $10.00?
Would you pay with the health of your lungs or with years
taken from your lifespan? The infamous "pain at the pump"
runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Terry Tamminen,
former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection
Agency and current Special Advisor to California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Petroleum may power our cars and heat
our homes, but it also contributes to birth defects and
disorders like asthma and emphysema, not to mention cancer.
In Lives Per Gallon, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and
other health, environmental, and national security costs
hidden in every barrel of oil. While the petroleum industry
is raking in huge profits, Tamminen shows, it is studiously
avoiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its
products. Using the successful lawsuits by state governments
against big tobacco as a model, the author sets forth a bold
strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and
force industry reform. He also offers a blueprint for
developing alternative energy sources based on California's
real world experiences. Certain to be controversial, Lives
Per Gallon is an unblinking assessment of the true price of
petroleum and a prescription for change. The choice is
clear: continuing paying with our health, or kick our
addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy.
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