Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 336 pages
• Published by: Prometheus Books November 10, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1591025915
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1591025917
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

Louis Putterman, Professor of Economics, Brown University
"In forcefully making the case for reducing U.S. dependence on oil, Zubrin argues provocatively for a bio-fuel based approach, suggesting benefits for international development that should command the attention of advocates, academics and policy-makers."

Glenn Reynolds, Columnist, Instapundit.com, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee.
"Bob Zubrin is one of the smartest people I know. In Energy Victory he lays out a compelling case for on the importance, and practicality, of winning the war on terror by making oil obsolete."

Reader Reviews
Zubrin forcefully postulates that a complete switch to ethanol and methanol fuel, replacing Mideast Oil, particularly from the Saudis, is America's answer to true Energy Independence. Starting with forced conversions to flex fuel for all new vehicles sold in the U.S.--doubly more ambitious than the Administration's exhortations to the Big Three Automakers that half their annual production be flex-fuel- capable by 2012--alcohol fuels based on flex-ubiquity, Zubrin contends, would quickly supplant petroleum as the dominant fuel source. Using a methodical historical narrative, Zubrin traces the flow of petrodollars from the U.S. to Osama Bin Laden. A petro-feed to hatred of the West, the route carries us through the Saudi Royal Family's support of radical Islam, its strict fundamentalist teachings and zealotry traced to Ibn Abdul Wahhab and Bin Laden. 7.5 million barrels a day of alcohol fuels, a tough but attainable goal, is the counter balance that leads us to Zubrin's Energy Victory. Laced with facts and figures and some easy math, it's sure to devolve to the policy points of some presidential candidate. Comments (7) | | (Report this)