Summary Of The Prize By David Yergin

Esteemed/Satirical poem “Prize Giving,” published by Australian author Gwen Harwood (1959), proposes several possible readings. Applying an authorial and feminist lens, enables me to recognise “Prize Giving” as a poem that expresses Harwood's feelings of frustration with pompous male figures from her experiences of being dismissed when she was unable to publish her works, due to being female. It can be read dominantly as a poem which undermines the patriarchal, supreme male figure, professor Eisenbart and the superiority of logic and science, with a passionate young girl who satirises and belittles him with her talent for art, consequently changing his views and perspectives. Harwood's dextrously applied poetic devices and techniques - enjambment,

Michael Klare's Blood and Oil Michael Klare has written an interesting and very relevant book, dealing as it does with the politics of oil, US foreign policy, the Middle East, and the causes of terrorism. He writes with a clear purpose and that is to argue that America's "securitization" of oil and its willingness to use military force in order to secure its supplies of oil have been a major mistake. His main argument is that ever since the meeting on

The Caldecott Medal is named after Randolph Caldecott, a 19th century illustrator. The award is presented to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children and was first awarded in 1938 for a book called Animals of the Bible illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop. The award is given out once a year every year since 1938 with the most recent award recipient being Dan Santat for The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Originally there were no awards given out to the illustrators of children books, but once you look at the detail and story building illustrations in each of the award winning books, it is easy to see why they created the award to begin with. It is my belief that without such colorful and interesting

Oil has often been referred to as any economy’s lifeblood. Although this is an overemphasis, oil has been the key, nonhuman resource of the economy throughout the largest part of the 20th century. In the book “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power” by Daniel Yergin, the author illustrates the political, societal, economic, and geo-strategic importance of this product.

Senator Everett Dirksen once noted “The oilcan is mightier than the sword”. In today’s world, it is easy to see why oil can be considered the most important resource to hold. Without oil, many of the common day occurrences we take for granted would be impossible. Oil is used for almost everything; from the fuel used to drive our vehicles, to the plastics used in every facet of life, and providing the heat needed to live through the winter. In fact, the United States depends so much on oil that as a nation it uses over 20 million barrels a day. Importing oil increases the total costs because of the need to transport it from around the world. It is estimated

One of the major issues in global affairs today consists of the supply of energy and other minerals and commodities. Michael Klare in “The End of Easy Everything” argues that the transformation from an effortless to a more resilient resource period will be expensive. Looking at the state of the supply of energy oil and natural gas today, I tend to agree with the findings as presented by Michael Klare.

During the 19th century there was a rapid growth in industrialization and change in America. “The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel” (John D. Rockefeller, 2015). The discovery of an oil geyser in Spindletop was a paramount cause for the rapid growth of the oil industry. Within a year, oil became the primary fuel in America and became an integral part of the economy. “This state of things is made possible, and is obtaining, solely by and under the power and use of machinery; first in the hands of individual capitalists; then in the hands of companies; and, lastly, by corporations” (Moody, 1883). Industry leader John Rockefeller, was able to build an empire during this period of time and established his company the Standard Oil

The excessive use of oil in the United States has been a very controversial debate with American experts and scientists. In his article “How America Can Free Itself of Oil-Profitability,” Amory Lovins addresses the many different issues associated with excessive oil consumption and the risks versus the benefits. Amory Lovins is a physicist, environmental scientist, writer, and Chairman/Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written numerous research articles arguing for the use of renewable energy and alternatives for oil. Lovins also regularly gives presentations to other environmentalists discussing the pros and cons of oil consumption. It is clear that his target audience is the demographic of academics, scientists,

What was the reason for us being: lynched, beaten, or forced to do what other’s told us? How come we were not equal? In the late 19th century, the united States were known for their brutal background due to domestic violence. And, at that time, Negros was not appreciated. We followed a strict policy, which had to do with: education and employment discrimination. So blacks decided that they had enough of being wrong all of the time. At that point the “eyes on the prize” came right on time.

If author James Howard Kunstler is to be believed, the world is running out of oil faster than most people believe, and the emergence of alternative, renewable energy sources won't be enough to fill the void left by the disappearance of fossil fuels. Kunstler's book is foreboding and dark, and while he may be right in some ways about the potential calamity when the world's industrial engines begin to run out of fuel, he seems to be more apocalyptic than realistically futuristic. This paper reviews and critiques Kunstler's book in a point-by-point format and challenges some of his more extreme predictions.

“The ball goes up like the moon so bright Swings his bat with all his might and the world's so still as still can be and the baseball falls, and that's strike three.”(The Greatest) Kids at a young age get participation awards but as they get older they learn about defeat and how they can’t win every game. Participation awards are good up to a point.

The widest of empires the world has ever known (Bardi, 104-105, 2014). When coal production dropped, so did the British Empire. On the other hand, before coal production disappear, a competitor emerged, crude oil. This discovery of crude oil sparked more disaster (naval warfare), as nations were at each other’s throat. For example, the Second World War was fuel by oil resources, the war planes, submarines, ships, and automobile you can think of was driven by crude oil (Bardi, 2014). The same goes on today. It seems to be a generational

Klare argues that discovery of a natural resource, for instance, oil, result in producers seeking and exploiting the most desirable, best quality and those closest to markets. Over time, these “easy” resources become scarce, of poorer quality, harder to extract and extend into areas further away from the market. This subsequent need to extract “tougher” resources has catalyzed an age of discovery that energy experts call the “shale revolution.” Daniel Yergin, an author and energy optimist describes the “natural gas

Like in many wars in history, “money,” “power,” and “oil” were the primary resources for combat and defense. However, out of the three, oil was the most important resource, causing many to seek its presence. Oil was not only for getting the engine started but also for getting the war done thoroughly and keeping the economy running. During World War II, oil became even more of a necessity putting countries at war. However, most importantly, oil became the decisive factor that determined the unfortunate and successful results of desperate, oil-seeking countries.

Oil has repeatedly been referred to as any economy’s lifeblood. Whereas this is an overemphasis, oil has been the utmost key, nonhuman resource of economy throughout the largest part of the 20th century. In the book “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power” by Daniel Yergin, the author illustrates the political, societal, economic, and geo-strategic prominence of this product. The book was published by Simon and Schuster in 2011 in New York, and contains 928 pages, as its ISBN is 1439134839. This research paper aims to provide a book review on Daniel Yergin’s “The Prize.”