02728cam a2200361 a 4500 96861 96861 BJBSDDR 20230410143148.0 ta 101117s2009 us 000 0 eng 1439248478 (pbk.) 9781439248478 1439248478 spa BJBSDDR eng HD 9502 L949t 2009 Luft, Gal Turning oil into salt : energy independence through fuel choice / Gal Luft and Anne Korin. [Charleston, S.C.] : Booksurge.com, c2009. 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index. Introduction. From the beach to the baseball diamond -- Understanding strategic commodities -- What is energy independence anyway? -- Plans aplenty, mostly empty -- From the car ahmadinejad loves to the one Bin Laden Hates -- Fueling 48 floors -- Melting ice meets melting west: powering our cars with CO2 -- Thinking inside the box: why batteries are so expensive and what we can do to bring down their cost -- Back to the salt brines: tomorrow's dependencies --The choice to have choice. Throughout history the pursuit of strategic commodities has governed world affairs. Centuries ago salt enjoyed a monopoly over food preservation, and securing access to the white mineral shaped the great empires' international behavior. Today, it is oil that monopolizes our transportation system giving those who control it inordinate power on the world stage. Breaking the oil cartel and oil's monopoly over transportation fuel is the only way to bring about energy independence, insulate our economy against future oil shocks and win the war on radical Islam, argue two of America's leading energy security advocates Gal Luft and Anne Korin in Turning Oil into Salt: Energy Independence Through Fuel Choice. Energy independence is not about the amount of oil we use or import; it's about turning oil from a strategic commodity second to none to just another commodity. In an unvarnished and lucid manner Luft and Korin chart a realistic way to do so while addressing the barriers on the road. Energy policy United States. Política energética Estados Unidos 1464 Petroleum industry and trade Political aspects United States. Industria y comercio del petróleo Aspectos politicos Estados Unidos 15414 Power resources United States. Recursos de energía Estados Unidos 6883 World politics 21st century. Politica mundial Siglo XXI 541 Korin, Anne. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HD 9502 L949t 2009 00000122192 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 BK