Burning up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption

Burning up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption / Simon Pirani.

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 sy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pirani, Simon, 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Energy consumption > History.
Fossil fuels > Economic aspects.
Fossil fuels > Environmental aspects.
Fossil fuels > History.
Nature.
43.33 natural resources management.
Environmental economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Energy consumption
Fossil fuels
Fossil fuels > Economic aspects
Fossil fuels > Environmental aspects
Electronic books.
History
Informational works
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
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Table of 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.

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