Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction

Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction

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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Petroleum may power our cars and heat our homes, but it also contributes to birth defects and disorders like asthma and emphysema, not to mention The infamous pain at the pump runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and current Special Advisor to California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Petroleum may power our cars and heat our homes, but it also contributes to birth defects and disorders like asthma and emphysema, not to mention cancer. In Lives Per Gallon, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and other health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil. While the petroleum industry is raking in huge profits, Tamminen shows, it is studiously avoiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its products. Using the successful lawsuits by state governments against big tobacco as a model, the author sets forth a bold strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and force industry reform.

He also offers a blueprint for developing alternative energy sources based on California's real-world experiences. Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Lives Per Gallon , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Aug 07, Greg rated it really liked it. If you've been thinking about how bad you think oil is in general and want some further quantification of it, this book is just the ticket.

Tamminen spoke at one of my friend's grad school graduations, and she was particularly moved. Believe me after reading this you will be too. Feb 19, Paul Colver rated it really liked it Shelves: I read this book in a few days. I thought the lives in the title were soldiers and though that cost is mentioned the main focus is the impact of refineries and exhaust on health. I use bullfrog power to power my home with enough left over to carbon I read this book in a few days. I use bullfrog power to power my home with enough left over to carbon credit my seldom use car.

Jan 05, Robin rated it liked it Shelves: This is not an easy read. Babies born to smokers have cancer-causing non-natural chemical compounds such as benzene and toluene in their umbilical cord blood before they are even born. Car exhaust is just as bad for you as cigarette smoke. Keeping the windows closed won't help. In some studies, inside car air is as bad or worse for your health than the air outside your car.

Riding the yellow school bus is especially unhealthy.

The True Cost of Oil

Research has shown that a child riding inside a diesel school bus This is not an easy read. Research has shown that a child riding inside a diesel school bus may be exposed to as much as 4X the level of toxic diesel exhaust as someone riding in the car in front of the bus. Not going to finish right now because I have too many 'have-tos. Jan 17, Francisco Valdes rated it it was amazing. An exhaustive account on the social costs of the private car. Full of useful information. I did not know that a parked car pollutes the air with dangerous fumes containing cancer-causing chemicals, for example.

Tim in Portland, you're live with Terry Tamminen. The Bush administration's move to close all the EPA libraries; how, were you employed at the time when that came down and how do you feel about that? So that's just another example. Terry, to what extent is Governor Schwarzenegger's green stance genuine and to what extent is the political?

And for that matter, if it is just political, isn't that really what elected official are supposed to do, anyway? They're supposed to do what the people want. We've accomplished a lot of it and it comes from a very sincere place. When he worked with kids in his after school athletics programs he said to me, 'You know, Terry, I see these kids coming off of the soccer fields, especially in the inner cities where pollution is worst just wheezing'.

He said, 'This is the richest country in the world - what's the matter us?

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We've got to stop that'. So it comes from a very deep place. He's got four kids of his own and he's very sincere about it. I was so proud just to get that.

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It's pretty hard to compete on the playing field when that's happening. At one point we thought it was within 2 or 3 miles. We now know that it's within 30 miles downwind of a refinery. You made the statement that there is plenty of energy out there.

I said, what about alternatives. You said that there is plenty of energy out there an pointed out, one hour of sunlight could power all human needs for a year. Is the technology not just extant, but readily available? I mean, is it possible that right now a community like Portland, for example, could say, 'OK, we're going to start a program to encourage people to replace their roofs with solar collectors or, you know, or fill in the blank. I mean, you tell me what the blank is. Is that technology economically viable as well as technologically viable?

Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction by Terry Tamminen

And when you talk about the economics people say to me that some of these things are not economical. Well, that's true if gasoline is 2 or 3 dollars a gallon. But if you factor in all the externalities, and as my book describes, it's closer to ten dollars a gallon and probably even more if you look at lost productivity and the value of a life lost early and things like that.

If you factor that in, suddenly those alternatives are cheap. Well, makes a lot of sense. Thank you for being with us.

He'll be tonight at Powell's on Burnside at 7: His web site's livespergallon. Terry, thanks for being with us today. Is it a disaster or an OK thing? Mueller's favorite place to pray written about in "Prophet's Way" , and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened. Login Register Username or e-mail: Create new account Request new password. Terry Tamminen, "Lives Per Gallon: We think about the Exxon Valdez when we think about spills but millions and millions of gallons are spilled every year from lots of other smaller… [Thom Hartmann] Is there a statement as a percentage?

Here in Oregon… [Heidi Tauber] Yeah, does it matter that we don't pump our own gas? Login or register to post comments. The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 30th Who rejected United States-North Korea peace talks? There were conflicting reports on Sunday regarding a recent proposal for United States-North Korea peace talks which was allegedly made before North Korea"s recent nuclear test.

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