Isbn: 9781597261012 - lives per gallon: the true cost of our oil addiction (14 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 262 pages. ex-library How much would you pay for a gallon of gas? $2.50? $10.00? Would you pay with th e health of your lungs or with years taken from your lifespan?Th e infamous pain at the pump runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Terry Ta mminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and c urrent Special Assistant 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 Ga llon, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and other health, environmental, and n ational security costs hidden in every barrel of oil.While the p etroleum industry is raking in huge profits, Tamminen shows, it is studiously av oiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its products. Using the success ful lawsuits by state governments against big tobacco as a model, the author set s forth a bold strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and force ind ustry reform. He also offers a blueprint for developing alternative energy sourc es based on California's real world experiences.Certain to be co ntroversial, Lives Per Gallon is an unblinking assessment of the true price of p etroleum and a prescription for change. The choice is continuing paying with our health, or kick our addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy. How m uch would you pay for a gallon of gas? $2.50? $10.00? Would you pay with the hea lth of your lungs or with years taken from your lifespan?The inf amous pain at the pump runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Terry Tammine n, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and curren.…