
Oil
An Audio Guide
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Narrado por:
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Robert Meldrum
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Vaclav Smil
Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide listeners with the science and politics behind the world’s most controversial resource.
Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that few would recognise. It is the lifeblood of the modern world, and humanity’s dependence upon it looks set to continue for decades to come.
In this captivating audiobook, Vaclav Smil explains all matters related to ‘black gold’, from its discovery in the earth, right through to the political maelstrom that surrounds it today.
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Essential for anyone living in the modern world, Oil, plumbs the depths of our globalized societies' greatest commodity. In the beginning of the audiobook, Vaclav Smil warns that this book does go into mathematical and scientific detail, and is therefore best suited for those with at least some familiarity with those subjects. The audiobook is a well-researched, unbiased look at how oil affects virtually everyone on this planet. Smil goes into minute detail describing the processes of finding, extracting, refining, and selling oil.
Later, Smil ponders our future in regards to oil. Can we wean our dependence on oil as supplies diminish? What would that future look like? These and many other questions are addressed in this timely audio, narrated by staid and eloquent Robert Meldrum.
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Best Overview of Oil Industry
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A very good and Broad overview of oil
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good data presented! thank you.
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Best book on oil
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Where does Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Right near the top few % of the few hundred books I've read.If you could give Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides a new subtitle, what would it be?
The Definitive Macro Level Oil Industry Summary for Executives, Workers, and Learners of every variety.Any additional comments?
98% of the time, I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator's accent and delivery! (However, his pronunciation of the word "asphalt" always sounds so odd to my southern Louisiana ears!)Nevertheless, his accent and highly skilled delivery tremendously enrich the content, and will imbue some reader's experience with a globalized, cosmopolitan tone (and concomitant sense of wonder.) And this meshes perfectly with the underlying content.
Truly an excellent book, and an excellent production.
Absolutely Masterful! Comprehensive yet succinct.
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Great summary of the facts
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Part Encyclopedia
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What did you like best about Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides? What did you like least?
Loved the clarity, wish the book was 4 times as long and more in depth.What other book might you compare Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides to and why?
It's as if Bill Gates let his TED talk go for 7 hours, instead 15 minutes. A lot to go over, and well evaluated.What does Robert Meldrum bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
As a dyslexic person, I couldn't 'just read the book'... So you could say that with Roberts help I was able to absorb 30% of the books facts and 90% of it's conceptions, where as if I read it I would have absorbed maybe 30% of it's facts but 10% of its conceptions...Did Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides inspire you to do anything?
Yes, it has inspired me to try and invest in natural gas companies.Any additional comments?
If you want to know how the world works, I think Vaclav Smil may be an author for you!Oil! 7 Hours of facts and science!
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