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Eating Fossil Fuels : Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
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Eating Fossil Fuels : Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture Paperback - 2006

by Pfeiffer, Dale Allen

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  • Title Eating Fossil Fuels : Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
  • Author Pfeiffer, Dale Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Illustrated.
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Society Publishers, Limited, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
  • Date October 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4745855-6
  • ISBN 9780865715653 / 0865715653
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.35 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.89 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Food industry and trade, Food supply - Forecasting
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.19

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Summary

The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot continue in a world of diminishing hydrocarbon resources. Eating Fossil Fuels examines the interlinked crises of energy and agriculture and highlights some startling findings.

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About the author

Dale Allen Pfeiffer is a novelist, freelance journalist and geologist who has been writing about energy depletion for a decade, building a reputation as a detailed but accessible science journalist. The author of The End of the Oil Age , he is also widely known for his web project: www.survivingpeakoil.com.

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