The end of oil : on the edge of a perilous new world / Paul Roberts.
The end of oil : on the edge of a perilous new world / Paul Roberts.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N333.79/ 136
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English
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389 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. 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 -- Pt. II. 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 i...
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"Petroleum is now so deeply entrenched in our economy, our politics, and our personal expectations that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail by the most powerful forces in the world: companies and governments that depend on oil revenues; the developing nations that see oil as the only means to industrial success; and a West...
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The end of oil : on the edge of a perilous new world / Paul Roberts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-358) and index.
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N333.79/ 136
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0618239774 (hbk.)
9780618239771
0618239774
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9780618239771 (hbk.)
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333.79
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991017789729702626
