Title: The final energy crisis /
Authors: Newman, Sheila.
Date: 2008
Publisher: Pluto Press,
Physical description: x, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: Engages with depletion trends in oil, gas, coal, uranium, soil and biodiversity. This book studies energy trends, prospects, assets and liabilities in different political systems and regions, including the US, Venezuela, China, Africa, the ex-Soviet Union, North Korea, Japan, France and Australia -- Publisher description.
Contents: Introduction -- In the Beginning / Sheila Newman Measuring Our Predicament 101 Views from Hubbert's Peak / Sheila Newman Prediction of World Peak Oil Production / Seppo A. Korpela The Assessment and Importance of Oil Depletion / Colin J. Campbell Coal Resources of the World / Seppo A. Korpela Geopolitics The Caspian Chimera / Colin J. Campbell Update to the Caspian Chimera / Sheila Newman Battle of the Titans / Mark Jones Dark Continent, Black Gold / Andrew McKillop The Chinese Car Bomb / Andrew McKillop Venezuela, Chavez, and Latin American Oil on the World Stage / Sheila Newman The Big Picture -- False Solutions, Hopes, and Fears No Choice but International Energy Transition / Andrew McKillop Population, Energy, and Economic Growth: The Moral Dilemma / Ross McCluney Renewable Energy Limits / Ross McCluney Peak Soil / Alice Friedemann Notes on Terra Preta / Sheila Newman Nuclear Fission Power Options / Sheila Newman Fusion Illusions / Michael Dittmar Geothermal / Sheila Newman After Oil France and Australia After Oil / Sheila Newman North Korea: The Limits of Fossil Energy-Based Agricultural Systems / Antony Boys How Will Japan Feed Itself Without Fossil Energy? /
Notes: Previous ed.: 2005.
Subject headings (LCSH): Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects.; Fossil fuels.; Power resources.