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Burning Up
A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption
Simon Pirani
(2018)
Sprog: Engelsk
Pluto Press
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- Paperback: 272 sider
- Udgiver: Pluto Press (August 2018)
- ISBN: 9780745335612
Coal, gas, and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the twentieth century: of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burnt up in the past fifty years alone, the vast majority of that within a single generation. Most worrying of all, this dramatic acceleration has occurred against the backdrop of an increasingly unanimous scientific consensus: that their environmental impact is devastating and potentially irreversible.
In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of the relentless rise of fossil fuels in the past half century, and lays out the ways in which the expansion of the global capitalist economy has driven it forward. Dispelling common explanations that foreground Western consumerism, as well as arguments about unsustainable population growth, Pirani offers instead an insightful intervention in what is arguably the crisis of our time.
In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of the relentless rise of fossil fuels in the past half century, and lays out the ways in which the expansion of the global capitalist economy has driven it forward. Dispelling common explanations that foreground Western consumerism, as well as arguments about unsustainable population growth, Pirani offers instead an insightful intervention in what is arguably the crisis of our time.
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
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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