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  • Paperback: 182 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 5, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1478324864
  • ISBN-13: 978-1478324867
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #968,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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""Petropoly" opens with a quote from Milton Friedman, and its last chapter is titled "What would Hayek Do?" The book starts and ends with an examination of the problem of monopoly power. More important, it provides the solution. This is not a "tilting at windmills," blue-sky intellectual exercise disconnected from the real world. Ms. Korin and Mr. Luft's thinking is rooted in science, economics and politics, and they display intellectual equity to other points of view that is refreshing and clarifying." - The Washington Times.

"a muscular case for a Teddy Roosevelt-style solution: trust-busting." National Review

About the Author

Anne Korin and Gal Luft are co-directors of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS), a Washington based think tank focused on energy security. They are also advisers to the United States Energy Security Council, America's highest level extra-governmental group focused on reducing the strategic importance of oil. They appear in the media frequently, testify before committees of the U.S. Congress and have written numerous articles for leading publications such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, Commentary Magazine, The National Review, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Their previous books are Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century (2009) and Turning Oil into Salt: Energy Independence through Fuel Choice (2009).

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Wow, talk about enlightening!
By Michael A. Levy on December 14, 2012
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This book has thoroughly debunked all of my mistaken beliefs about how we could "drill baby drill" our way out of our dependency on OPEC's stranglehold on us. The most disturbing part of this all is that we appear to have politicians on both sides of the aisle who seem terminally ignorant on the issues and are destined to keep us in a perpetual state of petroleum serfdom instead of freeing us through the exercise of just a little bit of knowledge and a lot of common sense.
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Perhaps the most important book of the year...
By S. Oppenheimer on December 28, 2012
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Up to date, taking into consideration America's oil and natural gas boom as well as decades of oil conversation measures, the authors' explanation of why we are spending more on oil imports than ever before will make your head turn. The authors explain petroleum alternatives as well as solutions at work in other countries now.

The free world's continued reliance on petroleum for 96% of all vehicular transportation is akin to the unwitting soul who began as a social drinker and hobbyist making his own home brew, but over time became an alcoholic with an insatiable thirst, a thirst that must be met at whatever cost, from whatever source. Sole reliance on petroleum for transportation is usurping the economies, independence and morality of free nations mindlessly handing our future to OPEC countries antithetical to freedom and democracy.
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A Must Read!
By Bob Glicksman on January 26, 2013
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This book is a call to action It is a must read. Every American needs to understand that our transportation sector being tied to a single fuel source is the biggest single threat to our national security. Add to this the implications to the climate, and you realize how important it is to support the open fuel standard. This book sweeps away the many myths about drilling our way to prosperity (there are ways that work and ways that don't work), renewable biofuels, pros and cons about EVs, and many, many other topics. Every American needs to read this book and understand its message.
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Petropoly. We need choice at the pump!
By DCA on August 31, 2013
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Wow! Petropoly was a riveting read. The OPEC Cartel controls 78% of the world's known oil supply. The rest is owned by state run National Oil Companies (Russia, Mexico, Iran, Brazil, etc.). The Big Oil corporations only control 8%. We drill more and the OPEC Cartel drills less. We use less and the OPEC Cartel drills less. OPEC and the Petro States need $100 per barrel oil revenue to operate there socialized governments. The only way to compete with the OPEC Cartel's monopoly is to have choice at the pump via ethanol, methanol, or gasoline. USA Shale Gas can help make a dent. It was really an eye opening book. [...]
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Awesome Book
By Daniel Morgan on August 9, 2013
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Authors use logic in an energy world gone haywire.

Very informative, well thought out proposals.

There are a lot of lousy energy ideas floating around, the authors cut right through the deceipt and upsidedown priorities and make a clear case to Americans.

I will be waiting for the author's next book.

Daniel Morgan
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