On 2 August 2010, the EPA said dispersants did no more harm to the environment than the oil itself, and that they stopped a large amount of oil from reaching the coast by making the oil break down faster.
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Tertzakian's 2009 book " The End of Energy Obesity : Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow ", written four years after " A Thousand Barrels a Second ", offers strategies for expediting a quick rebalancing in the energy sector following the oil break point.
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:: : If you try to run an internal combustion engine without cooling, the oil breaks down, and combined with the expansion of metal parts this causes the cylinders to seize, which causes the engine to come apart . talk ) 00 : 16, 17 January 2013 ( UTC)
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For example, " if oil breaks from $ 55 a barrel to $ 35, and then trades between $ 35 and $ 40, a buyer of oil today would not consider that to be a happy outcome, " said Fred Sturm, manager of the Ivy Global Natural Resources fund.
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Instead, when the effects of the oil break point make themselves more broadly known, Tertzakian shows how the power of human innovation ( i . e . energy conservation and efficiency ) and the laws of substitution ( i . e . alternative energy ) will help in the re-balancing process.
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""'A Thousand Barrels a Second : The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World " "'is a 2007 book by Canadian energy economist and columnist Peter Tertzakian that describes the multiple pressures forcing an upending of oil s dominant role in the global energy supply mix and conjectures about how economic, social and technological innovation will drive the inevitable adjustment process.
