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The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World - Paperback - VERY GOOD
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- ISBN
- 9780618562114
- Book Title
- End of Oil : on the Edge of a Perilous New World
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Political Science
- Topic
- World / General, International / General, Industries / Energy, Petroleum
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 14.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Petroleum is now so deeply entrenched in our economy, our politics, and our personal expectations that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail by the most powerful forces in the world: companies and governments that depend on oil revenues; the developing nations that see oil as the only means to industrial success; and a Western middle class that refuses to modify its energy-dependent lifestyle. But within thirty years, by even conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is easily accessible. And well before then, the side effects of an oil-based society--economic volatility, geopolitical conflict, and the climate-changing impact of hydrocarbon pollution--will render fossil fuels an all but unacceptable solution. How will we break our addiction to oil? And what will we use in its place to maintain a global economy and political system that are entirely reliant on cheap, readily available energy? Brilliantly reported from around the globe, The End of Oil brings the world situation into fresh and dramatic focus for business and general readers alike. Roberts talks to both oil optimists and oil pessimists, delves deep into the economics and politics of oil, considers the promises and pitfalls of alternatives, and shows that, although the world energy system has begun its epoch-defining transition, disruption and violent dislocation are almost assured if we do not take a more proactive stance. With the topicality and readability of Fast Food Nation and the scope and trenchant analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel , this is a vitally important book for the new century.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618562117
ISBN-13
9780618562114
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44125498
Product Key Features
Book Title
End of Oil : on the Edge of a Perilous New World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
World / General, International / General, Industries / Energy, Petroleum
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Political Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd9650.6r63 2004
Reviews
"May very well become for fossil fuels what Fast Food Nation was to food or High and Mighty to SUVs." Publishers Weekly "Brilliant" The Baltimore Sun "A stunning piece of work -- perhaps the best single book ever produced about our energy economy and its environmental implications." New York Review of Books "An extraordinarily clear and powerful analysis of what is arguably the most serious crisis our industrial society has ever faced." Boston Herald
Table of Content
Contents Prologue 1 Part I: The Free Ride 1 Lighting the Fire 21 2 The Last of the Easy Oil 44 3 The Future's So Bright 66 4 Energy Is Power 91 5 Too Hot 116 Part II: On the Road to Nowhere 6 Give the People What They Want 143 7 Big Oil Gets Anxious 165 8 And Now for Something Completely Different 188 9 Less Is More 213 Part III: Into the Blue 10 Energy Security 237 11 The Invisible Hand 259 12 Digging In Our Heels 281 13 How Do We Get There? 307 Notes 335 Bibliography 350 Acknowledgments 359 Index 361
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-042718
Dewey Decimal
333.79
Dewey Edition
22
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