Infinity's rainbow [electronic resource] : the politics of energy, climate and globalization / Michael P. Byron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byron, Michael P., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ecology--United States.

Political ecology.

Energy policy--Political aspects--United States.

Energy policy.

Energy policy--Economic aspects--United States.

Sustainable development--Political aspects--United States.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ready for a dramatic lifestyle change? If mankind continues to deplete Earth's bounteous resources at an accelerating pace, drastic changes are inevitable. Exploring the links between politics and economics, globalization, peak oil, global warming, and disastrous weather, the author shows how human values and human activity have set us on a course to calamity and calls for a profound change in how we exploit the earth s resources. Infinite as Earth's resources have always seemed to be, the author presents evidence showing that mankind is rapidly using up many of the most necessary resources, a

Contents:

Conceptual foundations

Crisis and cognition

Systems theory and its implications

The crises

Peak oil and hydrocarbon resource depletion

Global warming and climate change : wind and weather

Global warming and climate change II : oceans, waters and ices

Famine, disease, and pestilence

Political failure and economic collapse

Propaganda, betrayal, and war

Unholy union : church, corporation, and state

The big picture

Seeking change.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611398132

1-281-39813-6

0-87586-511-9

OCLC:

476115310