The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future [Hardcover]

The first comprehensive biography of Marion King Hubbert, the father of peak oil. Visionaries invariably fascinate us, but this engaging biography of a prophetic oil geologist, M. King Hubbert, is more than just an absorbing read: It reveals wise insight into how we might still turn our reckless slide down the back side of Hubbert's infamous peak into a reasonably soft landing. This is a remarkable account of a remarkable manand for that matter of a remarkable moment in American history, when we began to realize there were limits to our endless expansion. An instructive account of the power of groupthink and the value of independent minds. In Hubberts story, Inman has found a meditation on the booms and busts that marked twentieth-century economic growth&In writing the first biography of Hubbert, Inman has retrieved, if not rescued, the story of a scientist who has much to offer to todays energy conundrum. [Inmans] sympathetic but clear-sighted portrayal is&a fascinating read. Inman paints a well-researched, well-written portrait of a driven and gifted scientist who stood up to politicians and oil conglomerates alike. US