No Standard Oil - Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World

No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World



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English | ISBN: 0190069473 | 2021 | 368 pages | PDF | 5 MB

In No Standard Oil, environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon examines the widely varying climate impacts of global oils and gases, and proposes solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in this sector while making sustainable progress in transitioning to a carbon-free energy future.

The next decade will be decisive in the fight against climate change. It will be impossible to hold the planet to a 1.5o C temperature rise without controlling methane and CO2 emissions from the oil and gas sector. Contrary to popular belief, the world will not run out of these resources anytime
soon. Consumers will continue to demand these abundant resources to fuel their cars, heat their homes, and produce everyday goods like shampoo, pajamas, and paint. But it is becoming more environmentally damaging to supply energy using technologies like fracking oil and liquefying gas. Policymakers,
financial investors, environmental advocates, and citizens need to understand what oil and gas are doing to our climate to inform decision-making.