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The End of Oil: The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New Energy Order
Paul Roberts
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Description for The End of Oil: The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New Energy Order
Paperback. Takes a look at our plundering of natural resources, and the trouble we are in when they run out - which could be sooner than we imagine. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: KNBP; RNF; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Billions of people around the world enjoy an unprecedented standard of living based on one thing: oil. And each year we demand more. We produce and consume energy not simply to heat, feed, move or defend ourselves, but to educate, entertain, construct our world then fill it with stuff. Everything we buy, from a McDonald's hamburger to garden furniture to cancer drugs, represents a measure of energy produced and consumed. But how can this sustain itself, when already we have burned our way through half the easily available oil? Yet the pursuit of fuel is relentless. It can shape the ... Read more
Billions of people around the world enjoy an unprecedented standard of living based on one thing: oil. And each year we demand more. We produce and consume energy not simply to heat, feed, move or defend ourselves, but to educate, entertain, construct our world then fill it with stuff. Everything we buy, from a McDonald's hamburger to garden furniture to cancer drugs, represents a measure of energy produced and consumed. But how can this sustain itself, when already we have burned our way through half the easily available oil? Yet the pursuit of fuel is relentless. It can shape the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747570813
SKU
KRF0022037
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul Roberts
Paul Roberts is a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine. He lives in Washington State, USA.
Reviews for The End of Oil: The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New Energy Order
'Roberts gives a thorough yet highly-readable investigation of our dependence on oil and how to break it. It's an issue of massive proportions, yet Roberts is also careful to keep perspective on it' Glasgow Herald 'The End of Oil does what it says. It looks at an energy economy that is "falling apart" because global oil demand will soon begin ... Read more