num_pages: 224
description: Essential visionary essays about our post-carbon future Climate change along with the depletion of oil coal and gas dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be? While many policy-makers assume that renewable energy sources will provide an easy plug-and-play solution author Richard Heinberg suggests instead that we are in for a wild ride; a civilization reboot on a scale similar to the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Afterburn consists of 15 essays exploring various aspects of the 21st century migration away from fossil fuels From the inevitability and desirability of more locally organized economies to the urgent need to preserve our recent cultural achievements and the futility of pursuing economic growth above all Afterburn offers cutting-edge perspectives and insights that challenge conventional thinking about our present our future and the choices in our hands. AWARDS
language: English
title: Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels
publisher: New Society Publishers