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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... global energy order based on a finite and problematic substance — oil . As we'd toured Shayba in a spotless white GMC Yukon , though , my hosts plying me with facts and figures on the world's most powerful oil enterprise , my worries ...
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... global energy economy for centuries and whose histories and destinies are hopelessly intertwined with our own. Twenty-six percent of our energy still comes from coal, a cheap, abundant mineral used to power industrial processes and ...
... global energy industry whose success is based entirely on its ability to find , produce , and distribute ever ... global temperatures . If left un- checked , this so - called greenhouse effect will keep warming the earth until polar ...
... global economies and politics and culture , would a fundamental change in our energy technology be even more disruptive ? How long would a transition take a decade , fifty years ? And what would a new energy order look like ? Will it be ...
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The End of Oil: The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New ... Paul Roberts Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |