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A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble

Number 23154
Subject Oil
Source Chicago Tribune
State IL
Year 2006
Publication Date 07/30/2006
Summary By tracking gasoline and oil from around the world to a single gas station in the United States, the Tribune tells the story of how Americans have become addicted to oil "at a time when the world's crude production appears to be tipping into historic decline." The Tribune examines the oil fields of Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq and elsewhere, revealing "how America's gas addiction binds us to some of the most fragile and hostile corners of the planet."
Category Contest Certificate
Pages 66
Keywords Oil; gas; Venezuela; Iraq; Nigeria; dependence on foreign oil
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