The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World

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AuthorRoberts, Paul
PublisherMariner Books
Bindingpaperback
PublishedApril 5, 2005
EditionReprint
LanguageEnglish
Pages416
ISBN-100618562117
ISBN-139780618562114
Weight0.95 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
1.0 in × 5.4 in × 8.2 in

The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World

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A regular contributor to Harper's Magazine who writes about business and environmental issues, introduces general readers to the coming depletion of fossil fuels, the dependence of modern and modernizing society on them, the impact of their disappearance, and some measures that might be taken to ease the transition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR The New Yorker This dense compendium explores a troubling paradox: the more energy we use, the richer we become, but spiraling consumption also speeds us...

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A regular contributor to Harper's Magazine who writes about business and environmental issues, introduces general readers to the coming depletion of fossil fuels, the dependence of modern and modernizing society on them, the impact of their disappearance, and some measures that might be taken to ease the transition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The New Yorker

This dense compendium explores a troubling paradox: the more energy we use, the richer we become, but spiraling consumption also speeds us closer to the economic havoc that will result from the depletion of oil and gas reserves. For political, cultural, and economic reasons (our current energy infrastructure is worth ten trillion dollars), alternatives such as hydrogen, solar, and wind power resist widespread development. Roberts’s outspoken but even-handed account closes with four crystal-ball scenarios. In the rosiest, breakthroughs in renewable energy spur a decline in fossil-fuel use; in the direst, Arab resentment at the overthrow of Saddam Hussein leads to the downfall of the Saudi and Kuwaiti regimes, the price of oil rises to fifty dollars a barrel, and the unprepared American economy is left in tatters.


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