Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon WorldNew Society Publishers, 1 сент. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 288 A stark look at prospects for a truly sustainable culture as the industrial era winds down |
Содержание
INTRODUCTION | |
THE END OF CHEAP ENERGY | 15 |
Recent Confirmations of an Imminent Oil Peak | 21 |
The Petroleum Plateau and Beyond | 32 |
Surveying the Plateau | 35 |
The Natural Gas Quandary | 43 |
A Perilous Prosperity | 49 |
LAST ONE STANDING THE WAY OF WAR AND COMPETITION | 53 |
WAITING FOR THE MAGIC ELIXIR FALSE HOPES WISHFUL THINKING AND DENIAL | 115 |
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Sources | 117 |
High on Hydrogen | 122 |
Why Even the Perfect Energy Source Will Not Sustain Growth Indefinitely | 127 |
BUILDING LIFEBOATS THE PATH OF COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY AND PRESERVATION | 137 |
How Civilizations Collapse | 139 |
Who Will Survive? | 148 |
Saving What Is Best | 151 |
Can the Free Market Prevent Resource Wars? | 56 |
The Case of Iraq | 60 |
Just When We Need Brilliant Leadership | 65 |
Types of Resource Wars | 76 |
The Path of Least Resistance | 79 |
POWERDOWN THE PATH OF SELFLIMITATION COOPERATION AND SHARING | 85 |
Requirements for Powerdown | 91 |
The Paradox of Scale | 100 |
Useful Precedents | 102 |
Assessing the Prospects | 106 |
OUR CHOICE | 161 |
The Choice of the Elites | 165 |
The Choice of the Movement | 170 |
The Choice of Us Folks | 177 |
Looking Ahead | 182 |
NOTES | 185 |
INDEX | 195 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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