num_pages: 256
description: As president of Shell Oil John Hofmeister was known for being a straight shooter willing to challenge his peers throughout the industry. Now he's a man on a mission the founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy crisscrossing the country in a grassroots campaign to change the way we look at energy in this country. While pundits proffer false new promises of green energy independence or flatly deny the existence of a problem Hofmeister offers an insider's view of what's behind the energy companies' posturing and how politicians use energy misinformation disinformation and lack of information to get and stay elected. He tackles the energy controversy head-on without regard for political correctness. He also provides a new framework for solving difficult problems identifying solutions that will lead to a future of comfortable lifestyles affordable and clean energy environmental protection and sustained economic competitiveness.
language: English
title: Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider
publisher: St. Martin's Press