Richards, Chris,

Pipelines to Power. Chris Richards and others. - New Internationalist, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 62, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Pipelines to Power, Oct. 2003; pp. 9-28.

"Walk into any modern home and you'll find petroleum-based products everywhere: preservatives in foods; soapy detergent liquid; synthetic fibres in clothes and carpets; plastic bottles and bags; chemicals that fertilize plants; synthetic rubber on shoes; make-up, nail polish, lipsticks and hair-dye. Oil makes the difference between living in a developed or a developing world. It heats houses, provides fuel for cars and machinery and lubricates the generators that produce electricity. As a primary energy producer, oil creates power. And oil pipelines bring that power to the people. How can any other conclusion be reached?" (NEW INTERNATIONALIST) This article discusses the economic and political power created by oil pipelines, noting that "power is working against, rather than for, the people in the countries where the pipelines run."

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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Exploitation
Natural resources
Nature--Effect of human beings on
Petroleum
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum pipelines
Power (Social sciences)
Social history


Africa--Social conditions
Asia--Social conditions
Latin America--Social conditions

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