Brotherhood of oil: energy policy and the public interest

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7218960

Engler, R

It was not until after the 1973 oil embargo that the American public realized the power of oil. This book brings the oil story up through the 1970s in a penetrating study of the political economy of oil and the challenge it poses for the American political system. The ''brotherhood'' refers to the network of controls over the flow of energy which functions through private industry and public agencies wherever petroleum is sought and used. Taking the 1973-74 energy scare as a case study, Engler traces the efforts of the merchants of oil to integrate into their empire all available energy resources. He then analyzes the political power that follows and shows that oil permeates every level of politics. He discusses the role of oil in the blockade against Cuba, American policy in Asia, the arms race in the Middle East, and the U.S. position on the law of the sea at the United Nations. Engler appraises such counterforces as the environmental movement, OPEC, and the ''new economic order'' of the developing regions. He advocates democratic planning for all resources and technology. And he concludes with suggestions to implement the second and deeper meaning of ''the brotherhood of oil''--the interdependence of people everywhere whose survival requires policies that are economically just and ecologically sane.

• OSTI ID: 7218960
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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