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Description edit
You live in this world. You use oil. You must read this book. The situation is alarming and irrefutable: within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is readily available to us. Already, the costly side effects of dependence on... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- China
- Europe
- Saudi Arabia
- Japan
- Russia
- South America
- Germany
- Venezuela
- Middle Eastern
- White House
- Iraq
- India
- Kyoto
- Washington
- California
- Iran
- Beijing
- Riyadh
- Mexico
- Kuwait
- West Africa
- Nigeria
- England
- Asia
- Alaska
- Texas
- Moscow
- Siberia
- Britain
- Azerbaijan
- New York
- Indonesia
- Sand Island
- South Korea
- Baja
- Soviet Union
- London
- Qatar
- North Sea
- Baku
- Norway
- Alberta
- Australia
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Kazakhstan
First Sentence edit
ONLY THE BAREST details remain from the day Thomas Newcomen saved the Industrial Revolution from collapse and launched the great race for energy that has defined civilization ever since.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Part l: The Free Ride
1. Lighting the Fire
2. The Last of the Easy Oil
3. The Future's So Bright
4. Energy is Power
5. Too Hot
Part ll: On the Road to Nowhere
6. Give the People What They Want
7. Big Oil Gets Anxious
8. And Now for Something Completely Different
9. Less is More
Part lll: Into the Blue
10. Energy Security
11. The Invisible Hand
12. Digging in Our Heels
13. How Do We Get There?
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Roberts (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: London; Bloomsbury Publishing;
Country: England
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0747570752
Page Count: 400
Publisher: London; Bloomsbury Publishing;
Country: England
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0747570752
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 333.79
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › International Relations
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Public Policy
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Economic Policy & Development
- Books › Business & Investing › Industries & Professions › Oil & Energy
- Books › Business & Investing › International
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