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The final energy crisis / edited by Sheila Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fossil fuels.
- Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects.
- Power resources.
- Physical Description:
- x, 324 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed. [fully rev. & updated].
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Units of Measurement
- Introduction - In the Beginning
- 101 Views from Hubbert's Peak1
- Prediction of World Peak Oil Production
- The Assessment and Importance of Oil Depletion
- 5 Coal Resources of the World
- The Caspian Chimera
- Update to the Caspian Chimera
- Battle of the Titans
- Dark Continent, Black Gold
- The Chinese Car Bomb
- Venezuela, Chávez, and Latin American Oil on the World Stage
- No Choice but International Energy Transition
- Population, Energy, and Economic Growth: the Moral Dilemma
- Renewable Energy Limits
- Peak Soil
- Notes on Terra Preta
- Nuclear Fission Power Options
- Fusion Illusions
- Geothermal
- France and Australia After Oil
- North Korea: The Limits of Fossil Energy- Based Agricultural Systems
- How Will Japan Feed Itself
- Without Fossil Energy?
- The Simpler Way
- In the End: Thermodynamics and the Necessity of Protecting the Natural World
- Notes on Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612006012
- 9781282006010
- 1282006010
- 9781849643733
- 1849643733
- 9781435690790
- 1435690796
- OCLC:
- 319940384
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