From the invention of giant oil fields off the coast of Scotland to their mass privatisation in the course of the Thatcher period, The Oil Machine highlights how oil turned the invisible engine driving UK financial and public coverage. Within the wake of COP26 in Glasgow, demand for local weather motion has turn out to be a key societal concern and the stress on each oil firms and the federal government continues to mount. Bringing collectively a variety of voices, from business executives and economists to younger activists, Davie presents a visceral and thought-provoking interrogation into how this insidious machine may be dismantled.
