Recommended Readings: The Influence of Oil

Check out these recommend readings for our event, The Influence of Oil, gathered by Adam Gismondi, Civic Media Researcher for Civic Series.

In the spirit of a call from Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, for more “wide news” — news that reflects society’s diversity of opinions — we’ve been sending out some recommended readings for each of our events that cut across the spectrum. Below, we have a few suggested starting points for this month’s topic.

Please note that these are by no means meant to be thorough, but rather, the readings are merely meant as a place to begin our conversation, as well as a way of showcasing some of the conversations already happening.

On the Recent Oil Crash:

• Oil Crash Explained: How are negative oil prices even possible?, The Conversation
• ‘Scary,’ ‘visceral,’ ‘unprecedented’: Traders describe oil’s wild week and fall to negative prices, CNBC
• Oil Collapse and Covid-19 Create Toxic Geopolitical Stew, NY Times

Background & Looking Forward:

• Will Low Oil Prices Help or Hurt the Fight Against Climate Change? That Depends on Us, Time
• The World is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs. Why?, Wired
• Future Power: Where Will the World Get Its Next Energy Fix?, National Geographic