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It was the oil crisis of the 1970s that brought OPEC to the world stage, and it is a new oil crisis that may be its downfall. For not only did the Caracas summit sideline the environment, it also neglected the pressing question of alternatives to fossil fuels.

Conventional wisdom in the oil world is that the issue in the future will not be a lack of demand but a scarcity of oil. But this view is challenged by less conventional trends that allow us to propose an alternative scenario in which demand for oil in the near future falls dramatically with the development of new or alternative sources of energy capable of taking over the hegemonic role played by oil. The article examines the environmental, technological, corporate and economic, and political factors which support this alternative scenario. This analysis is used to consider the implications for OPEC and especially Venezuela of a shift away from oil to alternative sources of energy. The Second OPEC Summit in Caracas in September 2000 provides an opportunity for OPEC to look to the future, to focus on the transition to a new energy paradigm and consider its consequences for oil producing countries.

Frontmatter -- contents -- editor's note on chief seathl's speech -- acknowledgments -- prologue: red road, red lake—red flag! -- introduction -- Contributor -- Chapter 1 happiness and indigenous wisdom in the history of the americas -- Chapter 2 adventures in denial: ideological resistance to the idea that the iroquois helped shape american democracy -- Chapter 3 burning down the house: laura ingalls wilder and american colonialism -- Chapter 4 (post) colonial plainsongs: toward native literary worldings -- Chapter 5 conquest masquerading as law -- Chapter 6 traditional native justice: restoration and balance, not "punishment" -- Chapter 7 where are your women? missing in action -- Chapter 8 peaceful versus warlike societies in pre-columbian america: what do archaeology and anthropology tell us? -- Chapter 9 ecological evidence of large-scale silviculture by california indians -- Chapter 10 preserving the whole: principles of sustainability in mi'kmaw forms of communication -- Chapter 11 the language of conquest and the loss of the commons -- Chapter 12 overcoming hegemony in native studies programs -- Chapter 13 the question of whitewashing in american history and social science -- Chapter 14 before predator came: a plea for expanding first nations scholarship as european shadow work -- Chapter 15 roy rogers, twin heroes, and the christian doctrine of exclusive salvation -- Chapter 16 western science and the loss of natural creativity -- Chapter 17 on the very idea of "a worldview" and of "alternative worldviews" -- epilogue -- Appendix essays from The Encyclopedia of American Indian History -- index