The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World Paper back - 2005
by Paul Roberts
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The situation is alarming and irrefutable: within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is readily available to us. Already, the costly side effects of dependence on fossil fuel are taking their toll. Even as oil-related conflict threatens entire nations, individual consumers are suffering from higher prices at the gas pump, rising health problems, and the grim prospect of long-term environmental damage. In this frank and balanced investigation, Paul Roberts offers a timely wake-up call. He talks to both oil optimists and oil pessimists, delves deep into the economics and politics of oil, and considers the promises and pitfalls of alternatives such as wind power, hybrid cars, and hydrogen. A new afterword brings the book up to the minute. Brisk, immediate, and accessible, this is essential reading for anyone who uses oil, which is to say every one of us.
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- Title The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
- Author Paul Roberts
- Binding Paper Back
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
- Date April 2005
- Bookseller's Inventory # 150671
- ISBN 9780618562114 / 0618562117
- Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.41 x 1 in (21.03 x 13.74 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Petroleum industry and trade - Government, Energy policy - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005273974
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.79
Summary
A frank and balanced investigation of the economics and politics of oil—and a forward-looking assessment of a world without it.
Within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is readily available to us. Already, the costly side effects of dependence on fossil fuel are taking their toll. Even as oil-related conflict threatens entire nations, individual consumers are suffering from higher prices at the gas pump, rising health problems, and the grim prospect of long-term environmental damage. In The End of Oil, Paul Roberts offers a brisk and timely wake-up call and considers the promises and pitfalls of alternatives such as wind power, hybrid cars, and hydrogen, making this essential reading for anyone looking to understand and react to the energy crisis at hand.
