Who Wins When Energy Costs Rise?

July, 2005

Dwindling supplies will define out future says Sonia Shah, author of Crude: The Story of OilFew of us want to admit it, but our ability to find and extract oil is diminishing. Sonia Shah, who has written a definitive new book on oil, says supply, more than geopolitics, is behind the alarming trends in oil prices.[Q] Playboy: We demonize Gulf oil sheiks, but they're not the only ones who profit from the high price of oil. Who else is making money?[A] Shah: The people who own the vast majority of...