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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463212803321

Autore

Urry John

Titolo

Societies beyond oil [[electronic resource] ] : oil dregs and social futures / / John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2013

ISBN

1-78032-172-4

1-78032-171-6

1-283-92421-8

1-78032-170-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

303.4

Soggetti

Environmental geography

Oil industries

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 bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction The Problem of Energy; Part I Oil Dregs; Chapter 1 Oil and the Crash of 2007-08; Chapter 2 The Century of Oil; Chapter 3 Consuming Miles; Chapter 4 Carbon Capital; Chapter 5 Peaking; Chapter 6 The Chinese Century?; Chapter 7 The Curse of Oil; Part II Social Futures; Chapter 8 Magic Bullet Future; Chapter 9 Digital Lives; Chapter 10 Resource Fights; Chapter 11 Low-carbon Society; Chapter 12 After Easy Oil; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this groundbreaking book, John Urry envisions the future of an oil-dependent world facing energy descent. Without a large-scale plan B, how can the energizing of society possibly be going into reverse?