Burning Up a global history of fossil fuel consumption
Recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid-twentieth century, Dispelling explanations foregrounding individual consumption and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social, and economic sy...
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Pluto Press
2018.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746214906719 |
Table of Contents:
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Units of Measurement
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I: Contexts
- 1. Fossil Fuels Before 1950
- 2. Energy Technologies
- 3. Energy in Society
- 4. Fossil Fuel Consumption in Numbers
- Part II: Chronologies
- 5. The 1950s and 1960s: Post-War Boom
- 6. The 1970s: Crises and Oil Price Shocks
- 7. Patterns of Electrification
- 8. The 1980s: Recession and Recovery
- 9. The 1990s: Shunning the Global Warming Challenge
- 10. The 2000s: Acceleration Renewed
- Part III: Reflections
- 11. Interpretations and Ideologies
- 12. Possibilities
- 13. Conclusions
- Appendices
- Notes
- Further Reading and Bibliography
- Index.
