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Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil Hardcover – October 14, 2005
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- Print length356 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWND Books
- Publication dateOctober 14, 2005
- Dimensions6.44 x 1 x 9.18 inches
- ISBN-101581824890
- ISBN-13978-1581824896
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In Black Gold Stranglehold, Jerome R. Corsi and Craig R. Smith expose the fraudulent science that has been sold to the American people in order to enslave them: the belief that oil is a fossil fuel and a finite resource. On the contrary, this book presents authoritative research, currently known mostly in the scientific community, that oil is not a product of decaying dinosaurs and prehistoric forests. Rather, it is a natural product of the earth. The scientific evidence cited by Corsi and Smith suggests that oil is constantly being produced by the earth, far below the planet's surface, and that it is brought to attainable depths by the centrifugal forces of the earth's rotation.
In great detail Corsi and Smith explore the international and domestic politics of oil production and consumption. This includes the wealth and power of major oil conglomerates, the manipulation of world economies by oil-producing states and rogue terrorist regimes, and the political agenda of radical environmentalists and conservationists who obstruct the use of oil reserves currently controlled by the U.S. government. The authors offer an understanding of the dangerous situation America faces because its currency is no longer tied to any precious and truly scarce metals such as gold, as it was until 1973. This situation could easily lead to the devastation of the U.S. economy if Middle Eastern countries are able to enact current plans to accept only the Euro or gold-backed currencies such as the Gold Dinar instead of the U.S. dollar as the standard currency for oil.
Black Gold Stranglehold will dramatically change the debate about oil. The significance of its message is sure to cause thoughtful people to reconsider the current dependence of the U.S. economy on imported oil.
From the Back Cover
We are not running out of oil now, and we may never run out of it.
Today we have more proven oil reserves than ever before in human history, despite decades of increased consumption.
The United States has enough oil offshore and in Alaska to be oil independent for decade to come.
The money Americans spend on gas ultimately funds radical terrorist regimes and their supporters in the war against America.
Illegal immigrants are allowed to flood our southern border in order to keep the oil flowing from Mexico.
Carbon dioxide, the bogeyman of the radical environmental movement, is the "food" of plants and trees.
If we grow more trees, they will "consume" the carbon dioxide released by automobiles.
Scientific evidence suggests that in the coming decades the earth is as likely to cool as it is to warm.
"Global warming" is a scientific hoax at the center of the radical political agenda of environmental extremists.
After reading Black Gold Stranglehold, you will never think the same way about oil. If you think oil is fossil fuel, be prepared to be challenged. If you think we are running out of oil, be prepared for some shocking research you've never heard about. If you think the world is warming up because we are burninig gasoline in our cars, you will be surprised to learn that many scientists disagree.
About the Author
Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., is the author of Atomic Iran and coauthor of the New York Times #1 bestseller Unfit for Command. The author of many articles and books, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and lives in New Jersey. Craig R. Smith is the chairman of the board of Swiss America Trading Corporation.
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- Publisher : WND Books
- Publication date : October 14, 2005
- Edition : First Edition, First edition
- Language : English
- Print length : 356 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1581824890
- ISBN-13 : 978-1581824896
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.44 x 1 x 9.18 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #265,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #160 in Political Economy
- #188 in Economic Policy & Development (Books)
- #325 in Economic Conditions (Books)
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About the authors

Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. is the Founder and CEO of CorsiNation.com.
My next book, to be published in January 2020, is COUP D'ÉTAT: EXPOSING DEEP STATE TREASON AND THE PLAN TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
In March 2019, Dr. Corsi published SILENT NO MORE: HOW I BECAME A POLITICAL PRISONER OF MUELLER'S "WITCH HUNT."
His previous New York Times bestselling books, published in March 2018, was KILLING THE DEEP STATE: THE FIGHT TO SAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP.
From 2004-January 2017, he worked as a Senior Staff Reporter for WND.com.
From 1968-1981, he worked at universities where he conducted research on federally funded grants.
In 1981, he published “Terrorism as a Desperate Game: Fear, Bargaining, and Communication in the Terrorist Event” in Journal of Conflict Resolution, a mathematical game-theoretical model for predicting the outcome of terrorist events. This resulted in a top-secret clearance by the State Department’s Agency for International Development, where he joined a team of psychiatrists and psychologists to develop a hostage-survival training program for State Department officials stationed overseas.
For 25 years, beginning in 1982, Dr. Corsi worked with financial institutions, insurance companies, and mutual funds in the United States and abroad, specializing in the development of third-party marketing firms working with banks to develop retail financial planning services selling annuities and mutual funds to investment and retirement customers.
Since 2004, Dr. Corsi has published over 25 books, six of which were New York Times Bestsellers, including two #1 New York Times best-sellers. Dr. Corsi graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Case Western Reserve University and received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.
Working for WND.com for 12 years, starting in 2004, Dr. Corsi obtained press credential to cover the U.S. Congress in Washington, as well as many presidential speeches in events in the second term of President George W. Bush and during the two terms of President Barack Obama. In 2012, the Secret Service cleared Dr. Corsi to fly as “traveling press” on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s airplane for the last three weeks of the presidential campaign.

Craig R. Smith is the author of several books, including “The Inflation Deception: Six Ways Government Tricks Us…And Seven Ways to Stop It!” and “Black Gold Stranglehold.” His free market economic worldview offers audiences a breath of fresh air amid today’s failed ‘big government’ approach. Smith believes we need a revival of self-government and free market principles to help rebuild the American economy.
Craig R. Smith is an expert on tangible assets that include oil, precious metals such as gold, and U.S. numismatic coins. Craig R. Smith encourages investing in a diversified set of assets to help boost “safety, liquidity, quality, reliability, and profit potential.”
Craig R. Smith is the Chairman of Swiss America Trading Corp., an investment firm that specializes in U.S. gold and silver coins. Craig R. Smith founded the company in 1982, which has since grown into one of the largest and most respected firms in the industry known for its dedication to consumer education and safety.
Craig R. Smith has been interviewed on over 1,500 radio and TV programs and featured in various print publications, which include “CNN”, “ABC”, “CBS”, “Time”, “The Wall Street Journal”, and “Newsweek”. Throughout the 1990s, Smith hosted a variety of national radio programs including “The Craig Smith Show” on “Standard Broadcasting Network,” “America Talks” on “Christian Broadcasting Network,” “True Wealth” on KKLA, and “World Economic Perspectives” and “Worldview Perspectives.”
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2006For the nay-sayers, you've missed the points in this well-written
and expressed book. The numbers of 1% or 10% as quoted from
the post earlier, could have been a possible typo. However, the
points were well received and explained: Many plants thrives on
CO2 (carbon dioxide); the trees are not dying because of it or lack
of it, they're dying because of the viral diseases made by men
filled with rage and hatred from all over. [Another book about this
should follow.]
This book aligns well against the promises of oil for the families of
Abraham (that's us in the USA) in the book of Genesis: "Oil will be
abundant and found...."
I will not be surprised to find ecological terrorists and conservationists
teaming up and sabotaging the efforts of USA finding oil near our gulfs.
In fact, it is so hard for the USA to find oil 50 miles off the Florida
Panhandle when China (who has just recently) struck oil of over a million
barrels in the same area! The USA gets chewed on for destroying the
areas of lush-land when in fact, it is the USA who is more alert to
prevent creating catastrophes. Those acceded to the throne conservationists
should be hunting those countries who proliferates often in the seas
with toxins (like China, North Korea, to name a few). There are
more accidents caused by those in the East, South America and Far East.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2023This book refutes the Myth about the source of what's colloquially called 'Fossil Fuels'. It proves that these fuels are Carbohydrates inherent to the earth crust itself, and not to any Fauna/Flora that had existed ages ago on the surface of the earth and decayed over millions of years. It shows that, specifically, oil is a mineral no different from water, iron, copper, and all other minerals found in the Earth crust.
The clearest proof presented is that the same Carbohydrates exist on, and in most known stars and planets. Especially known is that Jupiter's moon, Titan, has oceans composed of liquid Methane (CH4, or Natural Gas), while no Fauna/Flora is known to have existed on it or on any other heavenly body that we are aware of.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2005I would probably rate this book five stars, but have very few neutral reads to compare this too. I am uplifted regarding abiotic exploration vs. fossil fuel exploration. There is new hope for our old world... now, if only we can convince the extreme environmentalist who refuse new information with wreckless abandon. The Left will destroy our world as we know it. Great read and plenty of factual information. Worth the buy and it reveals many talking points. Institutional scholars would do well to include this book in their list of reads, not only for themselves, but their students as well.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2016A book of REVELATIONS---though only to those who succumb to the propaganda Media, yet are open-minded enough to read a book that contradicts everything they have been brain-washed to belive in.
This book PROVES that everything we (as a society) think we know about the so-called "Fossil" Fuels, Global Warming, etc. are all intentional and calculated lies driven towards nefarious ends.
If you read it, you will first discover that "Fossil" Fuels have absolutely NOTHING to do with fossils. Just ask yourself how can Fossils be found on Saturn's moon, Titan and everywhere else in the Universe---unless you also believes that Dinosaurs had lived, or still are living everywhere in the Universe?
Then you will discover that HydroCarbons (Oil, Natural Gas, Coal) have been a part of the Earth Mantle ever since the Earth was formed. This means that you can find Hydrocarbons basically WHEREVER on Earth if you dig deep enough. That's why recent Deep-Sea drillings (in particular) have found Tens of vast oil fields. That's why the Hubbert prediction that we would run out of oil by 1970 (or 1990, or whenever) is so laughable.
The bottom line is that the Earth is awash in Hydrocarbons and that we only need to advance our technologically enough to extract as much as we will ever need for the next Million years, or so.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2008This book discusses a primary knowledge that is necessary if you ever hope
to grasp why it costs what it does to fill up the tank of your car.
Point one -- Petroleum is not a fossil fuel.
Point two -- Neither is black coal.
It won't take you long to put together the rest.
Have fun ! dxr
- Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2010Corsi and Smith certainly contribute to a better understanding about the real nature of oil and natural gas (which, in fact, are not fossil fuels) and the impact on socio-economic and enviromental issues such as peak oil myth and global warming hoax.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016excellent content
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tim halliganReviewed in Canada on August 10, 20144.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
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