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Overview

Everybody is talking about "energy independence." But is it really achievable? Is it actually even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false promises behind the rhetoric while blasting nearly everybody— Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, and war-mongering neoconservatives—for misleading voters about our energy needs.

Gusher of Lies explains why the idea of energy independence appeals to voters while also showing that renewable sources like wind and solar cannot meet America's growing energy demand. Along the way, Bryce eviscerates the ethanol scam. Whether the issue is cost, water consumption, ...

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Overview

Everybody is talking about "energy independence." But is it really achievable? Is it actually even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false promises behind the rhetoric while blasting nearly everybody— Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, and war-mongering neoconservatives—for misleading voters about our energy needs.

Gusher of Lies explains why the idea of energy independence appeals to voters while also showing that renewable sources like wind and solar cannot meet America's growing energy demand. Along the way, Bryce eviscerates the ethanol scam. Whether the issue is cost, water consumption, or food prices, corn ethanol is one of the longest-running robberies ever perpetrated on American taxpayers.

Consumers concerned about peak oil and the future of global energy supplies need to understand that energy security depends on embracing free markets and the realities of interdependence. Gusher of Lies is illuminating, vital reading.

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Bryce does a fantastic job of helping people understand the sheer magnitude of energy flows that would have to be replaced to attain energy independence, and conclusively makes his case that pursuing energy interdependence is a superior objective.
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In Gusher of Lies, Mr. Bryce mounts a savage attack on the concept of energy independence. [He] begins coolly, then heats up and eventually approaches core meltdown. . . . Land[ing] one telling blow after another.. Mr. Bryce gets to work demolishing cherished green beliefs about alternative energy sources ... but he is an equal-opportunity smiter.. He [too] goes after the political right. Fortunately, Mr. Bryce suggests that there is some light at the end of the tunnel. In the end, the hard-nosed Mr. Bryce reveals himself as something of a visionary and perhaps even a revolutionary. Power to the people.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781586483210
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs
  • Publication date: 3/3/2008
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Robert Bryce is one of America's foremost energy journalists. He is currently the managing editor of Energy Tribune and a contributing writer for the Texas Observer. The author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron and Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate, he lives in Austin with his wife, Lorin, their three children, and a hyperactive bird dog named Biscuit.

Table of Contents

Author's Note     ix
Introduction: The Persistent Delusion     1
Why We Think We Want Energy Independence
Imports Are Us     15
The Emotional Appeal of Energy Independence     19
The False Promises of Energy Independence     47
From Dominance to Dependence: American Energy History, Rhetoric, and the New Realities
The Global Energy Power Shift     85
1972: Texas Taps Out     89
1973: The Embargo, Militarism, and Rhetoric     93
September 15, 2004: The Non-OPEC Peak Meets Surging Demand     107
September 27, 2004: The Neocon Crusade Begins     115
The Impossibility of Independence
Skepticism and Thermodynamics     125
The Best Buy Effect     129
More Efficiency, More Fuel     137
The Ethanol Scam     145
Sidebar: The Ethanol Timeline     197
Running Out of (Natural) Gas     199
Nuclear Power: Megawatts from Foreign Uranium     203
The "Opiates of Energy Policy": Coal-to-Liquids and Imported Coal     211
Solar: The 1 Percent Solution     217
Hot Air     223
Sidebar: Thomas Friedman's Maginot Line     231
The World of Interdependence
The View from Jubail     237
The Rise of Dubaiand the "Shift in Gravity"     243
Isolate Iran? Don't Count On It     247
A Few Suggestions     253
Sidebar: What about Fuel Taxes and Carbon Taxes?     259
Conclusion     287
U.S. Imports of Strategic Mineral Commodities, Their Uses, and Key Suppliers     293
The Set America Free Manifesto, Released on September 27, 2004, at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.     299
A Survey of Fuel Sources: A Comparison of Their Land Use Requirements, Water Use, Energy Ratios, and CO[subscript 2] Emissions     302
Notes     305
Bibliography     357
Index     361
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  • Posted January 12, 2009

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    Important facts, distorted views

    Although I found most of Mr. Bryce's facts to be interesting, many of the conclusions he would have the reader believe remain unproven at the end of his book. I will resist the temptation to include my own political views, and simply state that Mr. Bryce's book is not for the uninformed. On one occasion, Mr. Bryce asserts, "Energy Independence is neither desirable, nor doable." While Mr. Bryce is entitled to his opinion, he failed, in my view, to sufficiently prove either point.

    Never the less, Gusher of Lies is an important book for people to read. But it must be read in such a way as to filter through most of the book's unwarranted assertions. Doing so will allow the reader to absorb the important facts, while allowing the reader to make their own conclusions.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 17, 2008

    A nice try

    The author's primary intent was to demonstrate why the US is dependent on foreign oil for its energy. However, the book only presents why the US is dependent on oil in general, and why alternative energy sources 'Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Biofuels' will be unable to effectively supplement our energy needs. The author misses the point when it comes to the USA's position within the global oil market. He fails to acknowledge that the majority of our oil imports come from Canada and Mexico, but instead focuses on the Persian Gulf states 'the current oil boogy-man'. If the author wanted to truly explain why the US and the rest of the world is energy interdependent- and that the notion of the US ever becoming energy independent is truly a 'Gusher of Lies', he should have presented some data on the world oil import-export market, costs of production etc. The term 'Comparative Advantage' is not found in this book. And that is a fundamental flaw. The US imports oil because 'based upon current oil prices' it is cheaper - in terms of both real and opportunity costs- to buy it from a foreign source than to produce it at home. Comparative advantage is the reason the US imports any number of products and oil is no exception. The author makes a good argument for why the US - and the rest of the world- will remain dependent on oil for its energy needs. But he fails to provide any argument as to why the US 'while it is certainly true' is, and will remain to be, globally energy interdependent.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 31, 2008

    Tells it like it is!!

    Straight talk about the oil dependency fiasco that Americans are being put through by the rhetoric of government, and so-called experts. Meanwhile the general population of America will be suffering for lack of quality air if we follow the fed recommendations. This book is a real eye opener, copies should go to all of Congress.

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