“A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.” HumansTodayWaterExistenceCenturyOilCommodityObscureHuman ExistencePetroleum Author:James Buchan
“To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites.” MenGivingNamesSpeakQualitySpecialLoversUniqueDenyCustomersAppetiteCommodityTransformingNameless Author:James Buchan
“Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed.” FallMiddleProductionsSpeedOilEastProducersMetalsMiddle EastCommoditySoarSpeculationCrudeTurmoilSurplusAssertiveDictationPrecious MetalCrude Oil Author:James Buchan
