Petroleum, Industry, and Governments

"The dire predictions of recent decades about the atmospheric effects of burning fossil fuels are being increasingly borne out, and are evoking fuller acknowledgement from businesses and governments. Yet to a large extent institutional denial persists, as fuel consumption continues to soar and petroleum industry profits break all records. What is to be done?" "This book may not hold the ultimate answer, but it provides more information and solidly grounded insight into the scope of available options than the reader will find elsewhere. Bernard Taverne's Petroleum, Industry and Governments has been fully updated to take into account the full spectrum of recent developments - national, regional, and international - as well as presenting a newly calibrated survey of available policy options." --Book Jacket.