The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New WorldHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005 - 399 páginas 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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... continue to fall steadily , and the Saudis would be forced to tap new fields , like Shayba , to maintain their sta- tus as the world's preeminent oil power . While such expansions were never a problem during the heyday of Arab oil ...
... continues to outpace supply . It is in the third world , however , where we see the energy economy breaking down entirely . In Asia today , electrical demand is growing so fast that governments in China and India have essentially ...
... continue to be shaped by one overriding objective to maintain uninterrupted access to a steady supply of energy . The goal is sacrosanct , to be pursued at all costs , regardless of the way it perverts the culture and politics of entire ...
... continues unabated , the end of the current energy system not only becomes more inevitable but appears more likely to occur as a trau- matic event . As energy supplies become harder to transport , as environ- mental effects worsen , and ...
... continues in its cur- rent mode - known by energy economists and other worriers as " business as usual " — oil demand will be so high by 2015 that a peak ( or any big dis- ruption , such as a civil war in Saudi Arabia or a massive ...
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