Why oil is a 'complicated saviour' to the world

<p>Oil has delivered warmth, mobility, freedom and ruin all at the same time. "It's a very hard religion to ditch," says Don Gillmor, author of <em>On Oil</em>. Yes, religion. Gillmor argues oil is not just a substance — but an idea … one that has come to constitute its own potent system of belief. He joins Nahlah Ayed to discuss how oil became the one true global religion.</p><p><br></p><p>Want to listen to more<em> IDEAS</em>? Here' <a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/duKNo4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>So... who wants a pipeline?</strong></a></p>