About this title: The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access ...
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: New. Beautiful brand new book, no markings, no wear, unopened and unread. Great book about peak oil. MendoPower Employment Services will immediately and carefully pack this book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes. Then we send you a confirmation e-mail. We appreciate your business and welcome any questions. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A94_5/9)Book is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "THE PARTY'S OVER deals head-on with this imminent declie of cheap oil. It shows how oil and war have always been closely related for the past century, and how competition to coltrol oil supplies is likey ti lead to new resource wars in the Middle East, Central America, and South America. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, the book discusses the degreee to which energy alternatives can compensate of oil...." This book has 275 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: Very Good. Signed by the author, book is new in every respect expect someone wrote three telephone numbers on the back cover. MendoPower Employment Services will immediately and carefully pack this book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes. We appreciate your business and welcome any questions. read more
Edition: Review Copy, Pub Reply Card Included
Binding: Wraps
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 8vo. Wraps 275pp. 21 Figures, Endnots, Bib, Index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISH
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781905570003ISBN:1905570007
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Society Publishers., Gabriola Island, BC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: First printing in card covers. 274 pp. Figures, notes, bibliography, index. Minor crease to top corner of front cover otherwise Fine. read more
Description: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, 2003; Very Good; nod /j; First Edition; Signed by author on title page and dated March 2003. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Society Pub
Date Published: 2005-07-13
ISBN-13:9780865715295ISBN:0865715297
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780865715295. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780865714823ISBN:0865714827
Description: Near Fine in softcover. 23 by 16 cm. 276 pages. Trade size. Pictorial cover. Very light wear to conners only. Bright, clean. read more
Edition: 2 NEW ED OF REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CLAIRVIEW BOOKS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781905570003ISBN:1905570007
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 320 pages. (320 pages) dealing with the imminent decline of cheap oil, this book shows how oil and war have been closely related in the 20th century. tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, it discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends a global programme of resource conservation and sharing. edition 2 new ed of rev ed (Paperback) read more
"Crap I've ever read in my life!!! We had to buy this book for a class and were required to read this. The author does not restrain himself form keeping his own personal opinions out of the book. He brings in the Bush administration into his opinion and basically says that 9/11 was "an inside job." He does not stop there but goes onto further bash any and most all recent Republicans. While there is some truth to the fact that we have diminishing natural resources, he bashes on human civilization for ever burning the first piece of wood for warmth. I realize for the class I was required to read this book and do not believe that the issues raised should be silenced; I'm just saying there is a proper and ethical way in which to do it, and this book does not accomplish that."
"This is a book about current state of energy crisis just as the title suggests. Historical background into the industrial revolution is mentioned. The author explains why "the party's over". He gives various suggestions as to how the world nations are going about to fixing the problem. Then he points out why pursuit of those would be unlikely and that it is clearly a waste of time. Should we just give up? Other than being very informative this book leaves me - the regular consumer of energy - at worry about the big problems I cannot solve."
"This book spelled out the possibilities and problems with the coming end of oil as we know it. Some things I had heard before, and some were new, but it was well written, and well researched and easy to read. It's not a happy book, but it's not a fear-mongering one either. I found the author to be geniune and concerned and educated on the issues. I was also glad to find my family is already doing many of the things he suggested as ways to prepare for the end of oil."
"Comprehensive overview of peak oil, including solid survey of the views of petroleum geologists and those who both support and dismiss the notion introduced in the 1950s by M. King Hubbert that oil supply could be described using a normal curve, and that the "peak" of that curve could be chronologically determined. Heinberg also includes scenarios for post-peak society, including scalar analyses of actions to be taken from the individual to the global level."
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