I read this book while on a flight a few weeks ago. Its surprisingly readable and relatively short — you can knock it over in a single long haul flight. The book covers the memoirs of an oil rig worker, from childhood right through to middle age. That’s probably the biggest weakness of the book,…
Tag: oil
Kern County oil wells on I-5
Wow, and then we drove past a bunch of oil wells in the middle of an otherwise pleasant rural area called Kern County. I didn’t realize that the Kern County area is responsible for two thirds of all oil produced in California. So there you go. There was even a 1950s truck next to one…
What is the point that people’s morals evaporate?
Apparently people’s morals evaporate at around $1.39 a litre. That’s good to know. Is it therefore safe to predict widespread anarchy when fuel gets to $2 a litre?