Customer Review: No new information in this book. Friedman took the title from the last book he wrote and extended it to one that appears to love the earth.
Customer Review: The title, "The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future", is misleading. "The First Billion is the Hardest" suggests a discussion of making money, but it doesn't build upon this theme at all. If you're looking for a detailed biography of... more info
Customer Review: The first 200 pages of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power" are compelling and fascinating because they are about the compelling and fascinating characters who created the modern oil industry. There is, of course, John D. Rockefeller whose organizational genius permitted the rise of... more info
Customer Review: I don't know what's scarier; the doomsday scenarios laid out in this book that totally ignore and/or dismiss the human ability to overcome problems, or that this was assigned reading at my University. In the first five pages of the book, the author basically admits he is a member of the "die-off"... more info
Customer Review: this is a rather lame attempt of writing a fresh story about the trade of oil in Dubai. It is choppy and collge freshman like in its approach. I struggled thru this.
Customer Review: This book is about a reality so different from my own, I use it as escapism. Although the transactions described are Byzantine, the book nevertheless holds the reader's attention for over 400 pp. Events are presented roughly chronologically; the characters and information accrue like an approaching... more info
Customer Review: Antonia Juhasz's "Tyranny of Oil" is a well-written, scholarly work that is fully documented with footnotes supporting every factual statement. Her history of the oil industry is meticulous and revealing. People like Bojan Garic who dismiss this work with personal venom, like "this is the Worst Oil... more info
Customer Review: Overall a fascinating book EXCEPT for the section on transportation (pp 216-231); it reads like a PR piece for the U.S. automobile industry and/or a junior high report. Very strange, considering the quality of the rest.
Customer Review: I bought the audio book version and was only able to listen to about half of it. I couldn't finish it as it repeated itself constantly. Basically what I have taken from the author is that every civilization and empire that has failed did so because of energy supply problems. Forget corruption,... more info
Customer Review: If you're the type of person who likes to know how things work, this book will clearly be one of the most interesting books you'll read. Before reading this book, I'd just fill up at the pump and go...never really think about how the oil got to the gas station. Most Americans take this step for... more info
