Burning Up

Simon Pirani

Description

Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming.



In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, 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 must change.



This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.
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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

Sujets

• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Protection
• Environmental Conservation
• Calentamiento global
• USA
• IPCC
• Reino Unido
• Green New Deal
• Global warming
• Climate change
• 20th century
• United Kingdom
• Soviet Union
• Petroleum
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Japan
• World
• Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat
• Agriculture
• Brazil
• États-Unis
• History
• China
• India
• Nature
• Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 août 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786803122
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Tîŝ ôô îŝ éîçàé ô é éô ô  îé Pàé Sééé, ô àŝ àŝŝàŝŝîàé ô 20 Jû 2016 î Kî, Uàîé. Té éàéŝŝ à à Pàé ôé, àŝ à jôûàîŝ î Béàûŝ, Rûŝŝîà à Uàîé, àŝ à îŝ à ôôû îŝîàîô.

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PART ï: CONTEXTS  1. ôŝŝî ûéŝ éôé 1950  2. Eé éçôôîéŝ  3. Eé î ŝôçîé  4. ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô î ûéŝ PART ïï: CRONOLOGïES  5. Té 1950ŝ à 1960ŝ: ôŝ-à ôô  6. Té 1970ŝ: çîŝéŝ à ôî îçé ŝôçŝ  7. Pàéŝ ô ééçîîçàîô  8. Té 1980ŝ: éçéŝŝîô à éçôé  9. Té 1990ŝ: ŝûî é ôà àî çàéé 10. Té 2000ŝ: àççééàîô ééé PART ïïï: RELECTïONS 11. ïééàîôŝ à îéôôîéŝ 12. Pôŝŝîîîîéŝ 13. Côçûŝîôŝ APPENDïCES Aéî 1. Méàŝûî éîôéà îàçŝ, éé ôŝ à îéûàîîéŝ Aéî 2. Aîîôà îûéŝ à àéŝ

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 1. ôŝŝî ûé ôûçîô, 1800–2009  2. ôŝŝî ûé ôûçîô î é îŝ à ŝéçô ïûŝîà Réôûîôŝ  3. Eé çôéŝîô ŝéŝ  4. Côéçîà ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô à ôûàîô, 1980–2015  5. Eé çôŝûîô é éŝô é éà, 1971–2011  6. Côŝûîô ô çôéçîà àé éé, 1965–2014  7. Nîéîà: ôéŝîç îà ûŝé ô éé, à çûé ôî ŝû  8. Gôà ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô, 1965–2015. Aôûŝ  ûé, à ôŝŝî éé àŝ à ôôîô ô ôà çôéçîà éé çôŝûîô  9. Côéçîà ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô î ŝééçé çôûîéŝ, 1980–2015 10. Côéçîà éé çôŝûîô é éŝô é éà, 1925–68

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1. Uîŝ ô éàŝûéé ô éé 2. Côéçîà éé çôŝûîô  àjô ô éîôŝ à  ŝôûçé, 1913–68 3. Péôé îôû àççéŝŝ ô ééçîçî, à éôé éî ô îôàŝŝ ô çôôî 4. ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô, 1950–2015: ôéîé 5-à. Gôà îà éé ŝû, à àŝôàîô ô éé 5-. Gôà îà çôŝûîô ô éé 6-à. USA: ôà îà éé ŝû, à àŝôàîô ô éé 6-. USA: îà çôŝûîô ô éé 7-à. Cîà: ôà îà éé ŝû, à àŝôàîô ô éé 7-. Cîà: îà çôŝûîô ô éé 8. Côéçîà éé çôŝûîô ôû ô ôî ŝôçŝ 9. Oî çôŝûîô î ŝééçé çôûîéŝ, 1965–85 10. Cîà’ŝ ôé î é 2000ŝ 11. Nîéîà éé ààçé, à ûŝéŝ ô çûé ôî 12. Gôà ûŝéŝ ô ééçîçî 13. Sàéŝ ô ôà ôî ôûçîô 14. Pîçéŝ ô éô à ééçîçî, 1980 15. ïûŝ’ŝ ôé î ôŝŝî ûé çôŝûîô

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