Blowout, a work of nonfiction about oil, wealth, government, corruption, influence and the environment.
These are a few highlights:
- Oil is a curse on the countries that have it
- Oil is the most destructive and polluting industry on the planet
- Oil wealth corrupts absolutely everything and everyone including government
- Only Alaska and Norway have banked oil wealth for its citizens
- Every other country with oil wealth has seen no benefit for the average citizen
- Russia has a corrupt system of government dependent on oil and gas
- Crippling sanctions are crushing Russian ambitions
- Russian influence campaigns are effective and continue to be dangerous
- Oil concentrates wealth and creates corrupt leaders