The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial SocietiesNew Society Publishers, 2005 M08 1 - 288 páginas The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. In The Party's Over , Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the 20th century, and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the 21st century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion, and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the U.S. -- the world's foremost oil consumer -- is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a "managed collapse" that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future. More readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications, and recommendations for personal, community, national, and global action, Heinberg's updated book is a riveting wake-up call for humankind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current U.S. foreign policy. Listen to an interview with Richard Heinberg from WRPI.
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... Coal Revolution The Petroleum Miracle, Part I Electrifying the World The Petroleum Miracle, Part II Oil, Geopolitics, and the Global Economy: 1950 - 1980 1980-2001: Lost Opportunities and the Prelude to Catastrophe CHAPTER 3: LIGHTS OUT ...
Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Richard Heinberg. Coal Nuclear Power Wind Solar Power Hydrogen Hydroelectricity Geothermal Power Tides and Waves Biomass, Biodiesel, and Ethanol Fusion, Cold Fusion, and Free-Energy Devices ...
... coal. Control of those supplies can therefore determine the economic health and even the survival of nations. Then I tried to find answers to the following questions: How much petroleum is left? How much coal, natural gas, and uranium ...
... coal in the 12th century to the 20th - century miracles of petroleum and electricity with their cascading streams of inventions and conveniences. Chapter 3 is in many respects the informational core of the book. In it we will learn to ...
... coal, oil, and natural gas, and that momentary energy bonanza has fueled the creation of modern industrial societies. We tend to take that subsidy for granted, but can no longer afford to do so. Emerging circumstances will require us to ...
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LIGHTS OUT APPROACHING THE HISTORIC INTERVALS | |
NONPETROLEUM ENERGY SOURCES | |
Hydrogen | |
A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES | |
MANAGING THE COLLAPSE | |
AFTERWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION | |
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The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Richard Heinberg Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |