Oil on the Brain
Lecture given 19 September, 2007
I selected Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline by Lisa Margonelli as the basis for the 2011 Class Lecture at Dartmouth. This informative and engaging multidisciplinary analysis of oil - where it comes from and what happens as it gets to the end user - will serve as the starting point for a discussion of our dependence on fossil fuel and some impacts of its extraction and use. My lecture will focus on: the global energy picture, including US consumption and the growing impact of China on the environment; the effects of oil extraction and use on humans in developing countries; the difficulty US consumers have appreciating the magnitude of their energy habits; and energy use at Dartmouth College. Below is a list of links and references from the lecture.
- Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Silent Spring
- Aldo Leopold (1886-1948) A Sand County Almanac
- Amory Lovins
- A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (DVD 2007)
- IPCC 4th Summary for Policy Makers
- Population Reference Bureau
- BP Refinery Explosion, October 2005
- Energy Information Agency, USDOE
- Robert D. Bullard, Dumping in Dixie (1990)
- William A. McDonough, ’73, Cradle to Cradle (2002)
- Wangari Maathai
- Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge (1992)
- Village Health Works: Deo Niyizonkiza
- Partners in Health: Paul Farmer
- Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003)
- Noel (Ned) Perrin, Solo: Life With An Electric Car (1992)
- Lwala Health Clinic, Lwala (Rongo) Kenya
Milton Ochieng’ ’04 and Fred Ochieng’ ‘05 - Donella (Dana) Meadows (1941-2001), The Global Citizen (1991)
- The Big Green Bus at Dartmouth
- Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli, Doubleday, 2007