Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World (Norton Worldwatch Books)
by By Hayes, Denis
Category: Business & Economics , General

Major energy transitions always bring profound social change. The substitutions of coal for wood and wind helped usher in the industrial era. Petroleum, in turn, revolutionized our whole approach to travel, restructuring cities and shrinking the planet. Now, at the twilight of the oil age, we face another energy transition in the certain knowledge that it will reshape tomorrow’s world.