THE cessation OF OIL on Paul Roberts [pound sterling]17.

THE cessation OF OIL

on Paul Roberts

[pound sterling]17.95 Bloomsbury

ISBN 0-7475-7075-2

Hydrocarbon resources are a vital export commodity for many African countries. Africa's oil and gas export rewards in total, amount in value to three and a half times that of all other African exports combined.

As oil rewards continue to underpin the continent's economy, it makes any question regarding the use of fossil firings the world's primary source of force absolutely crucial.

Even if this was not the case, and Africa had no hydrocarbon resources to exploit, the coming of ...