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Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-petroleum World (Norton Worldwatch Books)
Denis Hayes
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Paperback. A safe, sustainable future is certainly not assured, granted the awesome power of vested interest and inert bureaucracies. But on the evidence provided in Rays of Hope, such a future appears well worth fighting for. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; RNF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. 240p. Paperback. P.B. Keywords: "Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Natural Resources Management,Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Science & Natur"
Major energy transitions always bring profound social change. The substitutions of coal for wood and wind helped usher in the industrial era. Petroleum, in turn, revolutionized our whole approach to travel, restructuring cities and shrinking the planet. Now, at the twilight of the oil age, we face another energy transition in the certain knowledge that it will reshape tomorrow’s world.
Major energy transitions always bring profound social change. The substitutions of coal for wood and wind helped usher in the industrial era. Petroleum, in turn, revolutionized our whole approach to travel, restructuring cities and shrinking the planet. Now, at the twilight of the oil age, we face another energy transition in the certain knowledge that it will reshape tomorrow’s world.
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Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393064223
SKU
KON0587605
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