Energy Victory by Robert Zubrin

Energy Victory by Robert Zubrin

In this compelling argument for a new direction in US energy policy, world-renowned engineer and best-selling author Robert Zubrin lays out a bold plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on our country and the world. Zubrin presents persuasive evidence that our decades-long relationship with OPEC has resulted in the looting of our economy, the corruption of our political system, and now the funding and protection of terrorist regimes and movements that are committed to our destruction.Zubrin's plan is straightforward and practical. He argues that if Congress passed a law requiring that all new cars sold in the USA be flex-fueled-that is, able to run on any combination of gasoline or alcohol fuels-this one action would destroy the monopoly that the oil cartel has maintained on the globe's transportation fuel supply, opening it up to competition from alcohol fuels produced by farmers worldwide. According to Zubrin's estimates, within three years of enactment, such a regulation would put 50 million cars on the road in the USA capable of running on high-alcohol fuels, and at least an equal number overseas. He further advocates tariff policies favoring alcohol over petroleum imports.Energy Victory offers an exciting vision for a dynamic, new energy policy, which will not only go a long way toward safeguarding homeland security in the future but will also provide solutions for global warming and Third World development.

Energy Victory is one of the best books written on our oil dependence problemThe solutions it offers are economically, technologically, and politically feasible. They should be heeded as an insurance policy against the next energy crisis that is already looming on the horizon. -- Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2009

Robert Zubrin (Indian Hills, CO) is the founder and president of Pioneer Astronautics as well as the Mars Society. He worked as a senior engineer with Lockheed Martin for many years. He's also the author of the nonfiction books The Case for Mars, Entering Space, and Mars on Earth, as well as the science fiction novels The Holy Land and First Landing, as well as essays in Scientific American, The New Atlantis, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Mechanical Engineering, and The American Enterprise. He has been on CNN, CSPAN, the BBC, the Discovery Channel, NBC, ABC, and NPR, among others.

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ISBN 13	9781591027072
ISBN 10	1591027071
Title	Energy Victory
Author	Robert Zubrin
Series	Contemporary Issues Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prometheus Books
Year published	2009-03-24
Number of pages	357
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