{"product_id":"on-oil-paperback","title":"On Oil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Gillmor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journalist, and former roughneck, considers our long, complex, tortured relationship with oil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOil has dominated our lives for the last century. It has given us warmth, progress, and life-threatening pollution. It has been a gift and is now a threat. It has started wars, ended wars, and infiltrated governments--in some cases, effectively become the government. And now oil's enduring mythology is facing a messy, complicated twilight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOn Oil\u003c\/em\u003e, Don Gillmor, who worked as a roughneck on oil rigs during the seventies oil boom in Alberta, looks at how the industry has changed over the decades and illustrates the ways our dependence on oil has led to regulatory capture, in Canada and elsewhere, and contributed to armed conflict and war across the world. Gillmor documents the myriad ways that oil companies have misdirected environmental action and misinformed the public about climate concerns and illuminates where we went wrong--and how we might yet change course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Gillmor \u003c\/b\u003eis a journalist and former roughneck. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e To the River\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Governor General's Award for nonfiction. He is also the author of three novels, a two-volume history of Canada, and nine books for children. He was a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, and his journalism has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToronto Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won twelve National Magazine Awards and numerous other honours. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153839915071,"sku":"9781771966672","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fdrltNrWzb9781771966672.webp?v=1776951323","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/on-oil-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}