Extra! Extra! The oil business is full of greedy, morally vacuous weasels who are going to destroy us all. What? You already knew? Well then, how about an account of all of the back room deals, willful and criminal ignorance of environmental consequences and the insane lengths to which people are willing to go in order not to give up the hydrocarbon dream. If that sounds like something that tickles your fancy, I highly recommend reading William Marsden’s Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn’t Seem to Care). The book begins by relating the tale of Manley L. Natland and his grand scheme to extract the oil from Canada’s Oil Sands using a series of 9 Kiloton nuclear bombs detonated underground, and the hits just keep rolling from there. Marsden takes you on a journey of discovery that will haunt your dreams and fundamentally change your relationship with your car. Like a cow traveling through an abattoir, you’re stunned at the beginning, propelled through a labyrinth of atrocities only to arrive at the end and realize you’re completely screwed.