Environmentalist Erin Neal, retired from the field and grieving in isolation since the death of his eco-terrorist girlfriend, is pressed back into service by Homeland Security when terrorists mutate the controllable oil-eating bacteria Neal invented to clean up oil spills and unleash it in the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.
Looks at oil as one of Earth's natural resources, describes how it is used and processed, and discusses the effect of oil consumption on the environment, and the need to find an alternative to crude oil, a fossil fuel.
