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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451812303321

Autore

González Pablo Rafael

Titolo

Running out [[electronic resource] ] : how global shortages change the economic paradigm / / Pablo Rafael Gonzalez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2006

ISBN

1-281-39557-9

9786611395575

0-87586-421-X

0-87586-420-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

333.8/2

Soggetti

Nonrenewable natural resources

Natural resources

Energy consumption

Petroleum industry and trade

Scarcity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The new paradigm -- Economy, energy and the environment -- Population and energy -- Running out of oil -- Finite resources -- Reality 2000 -- Forecasting of the world's demand for oil -- More production, less reserves -- Crude oil in the non-OPEC countries -- Crude oil in the OPEC countries -- A different option -- How long will the oil reserves last? -- A look at the past -- Production and prices -- What next?.

Sommario/riassunto

A shocking scarcity of natural resources is about to hit the whole world, and the crisis is being accelerated by mankind's heedless overexploitation and pollution of what's left. This is an unprecedented and mind-boggling challenge for humanity. It also s