In ukuphendula kuhlaselo kwincwadi yakhe kwi Washington Post, u-Antonia Juhasz wachaza, "Injongo yam ngokubhala Ubuzwilakhe beOli ibikukunika uhlalutyo obelulahlekile kakhulu kuncwadi lwaseMelika ukusukela kupapasho luka-1975 lwencwadi yakudala ka-Anthony Sampson, Oodade abasixhenxe: Ukugxeka okunzulu kunye nokugxeka okunzulu kwimeko yangoku ye-oyile yase-US ephakamisa amazwi abo bangavakaliyo kwiinkqubo zeendaba zasebusuku, iintengiso zikamabonwakude, kunye nasezincwadini."
UJuhasz waphumelela kolo sukelo waza kamva waphumelela. Ubuzwilakhe beOli sisishwankathelo esibhalwe ngokuqinileyo sokunyuka kwe-Oli enkulu, ukusuka kwimvelaphi yayo kwinkulungwane ye-19 yokubamba amandla kaJohn D. Rockefeller kunye neyakhe ukuya ekunyukeni kwe-petroleum mega-corporations. Ngokucacileyo, ihlabathi leembumba zeoli belisoloko linenkohlakalo. Isahluko sokuqala sicaphula uRockefeller esithi, "Indlela yokwenza imali kukuthenga xa igazi libaleka ezitratweni." Kodwa uJuhasz ubonisa ukuba urhulumente waseBush, opakishwe kwiigill kunye ne-oil industry vets, wathatha i-oyile enkulu / i-industrial ye-industrial linkagement ukuya kwinqanaba elitsha. Ucaphula uKevin Phillips, ochaza "ipetroli-impiriyali" kaBush eququzelela "inguqu yomkhosi wase-US ibe ngumkhosi wokukhusela ioli yehlabathi."
Le ncwadi iqala ngecandelo lentatheli ephandayo enguvulindlela u-Ida Tarbell kunye nomzabalazo wakhe wokuqala wenkulungwane yama-20 ngokuchasene ne-Standard Oil. Ukubhenceka kukaTarbell kwavuselela umsindo woluntu kwiStandard trust kwaye kwanceda ekuvuleni indlela yowiso-mthetho olwaphula iStandard Oil ngo-1911. Nangona amacandelo awohlukeneyo etrasti aphinda aphinda aphinda aphinda amiselwa, uJuhasz ubonisa iphulo eliyimpumelelo eliphuma kwingcambu uTarbell wanceda intlantsi njengomzekelo ofundisayo amatsha ntliziyo anamhlanje.
Iingxilimbela ze-oyile, ngokude zezona nkampani zinengeniso ezakha zakho, zichitha imali eninzi kwi-PR greenwashing. Ukanti uphando lukaJuhasz lubonisa ukuba uninzi luchitha imali elusizi ukusuka kwisi-1 ukuya kwisi-4 sepesenti yenkcitho eyinkunzi iyonke kwezinye iindlela zamandla aluhlaza. Ukongeza kokutyhila kunye nokuhluza idatha yenkampani yeoli, uJuhasz wenze konke okusemandleni akhe udliwanondlebe nabasebenzi abaKhulu beOli. Nangona ebenqatshelwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukufikelela kuninzi lwamagosa, uye wathetha noJohn Felmy, ingcali yezoqoqosho yombutho ophambili worhwebo lweoyile. U-Felmy uvumile ukuba phakathi "kweteknoloji yamandla asakhulayo" lutyalo-mali "kwi-hydrocarbons esemdeni" njengesanti yetar kunye ne-oyile ye-oyile, leyo uJuhasz ayichaza "njengeendlela zokutsalwa kweoli eziyingozi ngakumbi kwindalo kwaye ziyingozi kuneendlela eziqhelekileyo."
Ngaphaya koko, i-Big Oli ikhulise kakhulu ukombiwa kolwandle kumanzi anzulu kune-500 yeenyawo. Ukombiwa nzulu ngolo hlobo elwandle kukhupha imethane, ubuncinane ngokuphindwe ngama-20 igesi yegreenhouse kunekharbon diokside.
Ngethemba nje lokuba ezi nkampani ziya kusinceda ukuba siyeke ukukhotyokiswa yi-oyile njengoko zixhoma iibhodi zeebhilidi zeentlobo ezijongeka zinyanisekile ezithetha izinto ezinje ngokuthi "Ndiya kudla kancinci" ayisosicwangciso sikrelekrele ncam. UJuhasz ukwazazi kakuhle iingozi zokuthemba ukuba iiDemokhrasi ziya kwenza umsebenzi onzima wokususa ilizwe eliphuhlileyo lisuke kuqoqosho olusekwe kwipetroleum. Kodwa unombono ocacileyo wento enokwenzeka ngesenzo sommi kwaye ugxininisa imfuneko yokugcina uxinzelelo kwiCongress kunye nolawulo luka-Obama.
Ngelixa engaluqhathisi uqhanqalazo lwasesitalatweni njengesona sixhobo somzabalazo esifanelekileyo kwikhithi ethathiweyo, uninzi lokugxila kukaJuhasz kuhleli kubulungisa bentlalontle kunye nezenzo ezichasene nemfazwe ezithatha iOli enkulu.
Ekubeni uJuhasz ehlala eSan Francisco, kuyavakala ukuba eyona njongo yophando lwakhe yiSan Ramon-based Chevron Corp. Le ngxilimbela yeoli yavuna i-18.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinzuzo kwi-2007. Ubonelelo lweoyile eIraq. I-Chevron yayingomnye wabantu bokuqala abafumana iikhontrakthi zentengiso emva kohlaselo lwase-Iraq ngo-2003 kwaye ngoku ithengisa izixa ezibalulekileyo ze-oyile yase-Iraq.
I-Chevron ingenza ingeniso enkulu ngokupasiswa koMthetho we-oyile wase-Iraq osaqhutywa ngurhulumente wase-US kunye ne-International Monetary Fund. Umthetho, uyilo olunikezelwe kubaphathi benkampani yeoli yamazwe ngamazwe kunye ne-IMF ukuba ihlaziywe ngaphambi kokuba ibonwe ngamapalamente ase-Iraq, yayiza kwenza ishishini le-oyile lase-Iraq libe labucala, lishiye ubuncinane isibini kwisithathu se-oyile yase-Iraq ivulekele ulawulo lwenkampani yangaphandle phantsi kwezivumelwano. ihlala ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi.
Ndibuze uJuhasz ngephulo lakhe eliqhubekayo ngokuchasene neChevron. Undithumelele i-imeyile: "Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, bendisebenza neqela elingazange libonwe ngaphambili loluntu, amatsha ntliziyo, kunye nemibutho exhalabileyo malunga neChevron ukusuka kwiBay Area, isizwe, nakwihlabathi liphela. Ngelixa iChevron's 2008 Annual Report to abanini-zabelo bayo ngumbhiyozo oqaqambileyo ochaza owona nyaka wenkampani unengeniso kwimbali yayo, ayibaxeleli abanini-zabelo ngexabiso lokwenyani elihlawulweyo kwezo mbuyekezo yezemali: ubomi obulahlekileyo, iimfazwe, ukulwa, ukutshatyalaliswa koluntu, ukuwohloka kwemekobume, ukonakaliswa kweendlela zokuphila, kunye namazwi ezopolitiko. Ngaloo ndlela siye salungiselela enye iNgxelo yoNyaka yeChevron enomxholo othi, 'Iindleko eziyiNyaniso zeChevron.'" UJuhasz nabanye baye bayizisa le ngxelo kwaChevron nakubanini-zabelo bayo kwintlanganiso yonyaka yabanini-zabelo benkampani eSan Ramon nge-27 kaMeyi, ngelixa amakhulu aliqela abantu uqhanqalazo kumasango enkampani.