Party's over : oil, war and the fate of industrial societies /

The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heinberg, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2005]
Edición:Revised and updated edition.
Temas:
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Petroleum reserves > Political aspects.
Renewable energy sources.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy.
Renewable Energy
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique.
Pétrole > Réserves > Aspect politique.
Énergies renouvelables.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Politique gouvernementale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Renewable energy sources
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Energy, nature, and society
  • 2. Party time : the historic interval of cheap, abundant energy
  • 3. Lights out : approaching the historic interval's end
  • 4. Non-petroleum energy sources : can the party continue?
  • 5. A banquet of consequences
  • 6. Managing the collapse : strategies and recommendations
  • Afterword to the revised edition.

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