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Waking Up to the Century of Declines
Richard Heinberg
ISBN: 9780865715981
Format: Hardback
Publisher:New Society Publishers
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The 21st century ushered in a new era of declines in a number of crucial areas: global oil, natural gas and coal extraction; availability of fresh water; yearly grain harvests; economic growth; extraction rates for minerals and ores; and climate stability…
A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and classical music, this book tells how we can make the post-Peak Oil transition from the age of Excess to the Era of Modesty.
| ISBN | 086571598X | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780865715981
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | New Society Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 517 | | Imprint | New Society Publishers | | Published in | Gabriola Island | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 01 Feb 2007 | | Width (mm) | 155 | | Library of Congress | HD | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 304.2 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Introduction: Peak Everything | | 1 | | | | On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts | | | | 1 | | Tools with a Life of Their Own | | 31 | | 2 | | Fifty Million Farmers | | 47 | | 3 | | (post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics | | 67 | | | | On Nature's Limits and the Human Condition | | | | 4 | | Five Axioms of Sustainability | | 85 | | 5 | | Parrots and Peoples | | 97 | | 6 | | Population, Resources, and Human Idealism | | 113 | | | | The End of One Era, the Beginning of Another | | | | 7 | | The Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change | | 127 | | 8 | | Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism | | 141 | | 9 | | Boomers' Last Chance? | | 159 | | 10 | | A Letter From the Future | | 173 | | 11 | | Talking Ourselves to Extinction | | 185 | | | | Resources for Action | | 199 | | | | Notes | | 201 | | | | Index | | 207 | | | | About the Author | | 213 |
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