Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge

Examines the battle to develop the oil resources of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The global consumption of fossil fuels is dramatically rising, while inversely, the supply is in permanent decline. The "end of oil" threatens the very future of Western civilization. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge examines the politics of drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and presents this controversy as a precursor of future "resource wars" where idea