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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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Place / Publishing House:London : : Pluto Press,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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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 systems, and that these systems much change.
English.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Burning Up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption /
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.
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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.
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