num_pages: 258
description: Due to the unanticipated arrival of peak energy production, retrenchment and scarcity will be the themes of international discourse. This work probes the philosophical assumptions behind the world's planning lapse and how the sudden confrontation will affect our political and economic institutions.
language: English
title: The World Energy Crisis and the Task of Retrenchment: Reaching the Peak of Oil Production
publisher: Edwin Mellen Press