120. The Oil Weapon
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120. The Oil Weapon mentions The Prize by Daniel Yergin, State of Emergency by Dominic, Small is Beautiful by E.F. Shoemaker, and the Heath government with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
It's an absolutely brilliant book.
What the oil crisis does is it shines a very unsparing light on everything that's wrong with Britain's economic and political system.
E.F. Shoemaker published his book, Small is Beautiful, which became a real Bible for the kind of 70s ecological movement.
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- The conversation centers on Edward Heath's government.
- A second recurring theme is environmentalism and oil crisis.
- Referenced books include The Prize by Daniel Yergin and State of Emergency by Dominic.
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“It's an absolutely brilliant book. It almost reads like a thriller. It's so interesting about the oil companies and about the geopolitical kind of the quest for oil, basically.”
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“The discussion references the author's account of the three-day week in their excellent book 'State of Emergency', drawing parallels to current events.”
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“E.F. Shoemaker published his book, Small is Beautiful, which became a real Bible for the kind of 70s ecological movement.”
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“Dominic, so you've written a fabulous book about the Heath government state of emergency, the way we were, Britain, 1970 to 1974.”
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The host mentions 'The Prize' to highlight the historical significance of oil in shaping geopolitics and industrialization. The book provides an en…
The host mentioned 'State of Emergency' to highlight the catastrophic effects of the oil crisis on Britain's economy and political landscape during…
The host mentions 'Small is Beautiful' by E.F. Shoemaker as a pivotal work that influenced the ecological movement during the 1970s. This book is h…
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