Global Energy Shifts : Fostering Sustainability in a Turbulent Age
Bruce. Podobnik
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Philadelphia : : Temple University Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (236 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Global Energy Shifts in World Historical Perspective; 2 The Rise of Coal; 3 Conflict in Coal and the Emergence of New Energy Systems; 4 The First Period of Crisis; 5 The Rise of Oil, Natural Gas, and Nuclear Power; 6 The Second Period of Crisis; 7 Toward a Sustainable Energy System; Appendix A: Sources and Methods Used to Compile Energy Data; Appendix B: Glossary of Petroleum Company Names; Appendix C: Sources of Strike Data in Energy Industries; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out and commentators were unable to foresee a viable alternative fuel. To address the crisis, military strategists were urged to seize control of coal in foreign lands, and companies were encouraged to increase domestic production of the resource. In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the ""coal panics"" that once swept through Britain and the ""oil panics"" that grip the world today. His concis
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| ISBN | 1592132936. - 1592132944
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