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The Final Energy Crisis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (335 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849643733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Final Energy CrisisDDC classification:
  • 662
LOC classification:
  • TP318 -- .F56 2008eb
Online resources:
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.
Summary: Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.
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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.

Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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