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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... developing nations, the root cause of a vast number of other problems, and perhaps the deepest divide between the ... develop, or least understand, the “hydrogen economy”; a desperate search for new oil fields; rising tensions between ...
... develop a post-oil economy, while American leaders, beginning with the president, have adopted an aggressive policy of domestic oil drilling that wishes away environmental, geopolitical, and even geological realities. Meanwhile, OPEC ...
... developing nations use far less energy today, this is not by choice: they, too, want the cars, the large homes, the entertainment systems, the conditioned air, and other features of the energy-rich lifestyle enjoyed in the West. The ...
... develop “clean” en- ergy must compete with the more basic need to produce enough energy of any kind. Chapter 11 describes the colossal inertia of the current energy or- der, and the way it has influenced, shaped, and, too often ...
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