| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Contexts -- Fossil fuels before 1950 -- Energy technologies -- Energy in society -- Fossil fuel consumption in numbers -- Part II: Chronologies -- The 1950s and 1960s: post-war boom -- The 1970s: crises and oil price shocks -- Patterns of electrification -- The 1980s: recession and recovery -- The 1990s: shunning the global warming challenge -- The 2000s: acceleration renewed -- Part III: Reflections -- Interpretations and ideologies -- Possibilities -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Measuring environmental impacts, energy flows and inequalities -- Additional figures and tables |
| Summary |
Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming. In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change. This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time |
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Recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid-twentieth century, Dispelling explanations foregrounding individual consumption and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social, and economic systems, and that these systems much change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-248) and index |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 30, 2018) |
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Energy consumption -- History
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Fossil fuels -- Economic aspects
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Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects
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Fossil fuels -- History
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Environmental economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Energy consumption.
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Fossil fuels -- Economic aspects.
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Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
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Fossil fuels.
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| Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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History.
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Informational works.
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Documents d'information.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0745335624 |
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1786803127 |
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1786803135 |
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1786803143 |
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9780745335629 |
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9781786803122 |
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9781786803139 |
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9781786803146 |
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