Author(s): Richard Heinberg
Categories: Technology & Engineering > General, Science > Environmental Science, Science > Earth Sciences, Business & Economics > Economic Conditions
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Publish date: 2015-04-07
ISBN-10: 0865717885
ISBN-13: 9780865717886
Language: English
Description:
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 fifteen essays exploring various
aspects of the twenty-first century migration away from fossil… more…
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 fifteen essays exploring various
aspects of the twenty-first century migration away from fossil… more…
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