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ENERGY KINGDOMS Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf JIM KRANE ...

ENERGY KINGDOMS CENTER ON GLOBAL ENERGY POLICY SERIES ...

CENTER ON GLOBAL ENERGY POLICY SERIES Jason Bordoff, series editor Making smart energy policy choices requires approaching energ ...

ENERGY KINGDOMS OIL AND POLITICAL SURVIVAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF JIM KRANE Columbia University Press New York ...

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CONTENTS Introduction Acknowledgments ix Before Oil The Oil Age Arrives The Big Payback From Energy Poverty to En ...

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I spent four and a half years living in the Persian Gulf, from 2005 through 2009, and have had the good fortune ...

xACKNOWLEDGMENTS a beer, arguments (clarifications!), emailed links, or even copies of their electricity bills. I also met my w ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxi owe a giant debt of gratitude to Wally Wilson, a supremely kind and generous Houstonian with whom I’ve swappe ...

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In one generation we went from riding camels to riding Cadillacs. The way we are wasting money, I fear the next generation will ...

2INTRODUCTION monarchies were flush with oil, which flowed from supergiant fields dis- covered from the 1930s through the 1970s ...

INTRODUCTION growth. Saudi Arabia consumes ten times more oil than the global aver- age per unit of GDP.^2 The situation in nei ...

4INTRODUCTION both an economic and a security threat. It is a predicament that requires thoughtful long- term planning and sacr ...

INTRODUCTION are fitted with insulation and other features that minimize energy demand. Fuel efficiency is a key variable in ca ...