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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963432403321

Autore

Rossi Carlos A. <1960->

Titolo

The completion of the oil era : the economic impact / / Carlos A. Rossi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61122-348-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Energy policies, politics and prices series.

Disciplina

338.2/7282

Soggetti

Petroleum engineering - Economic aspects

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy

Renewable energy sources

Petroleum reserves

Technology and civilization

Energy policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Partly a  translation of the 2007 work El epilogo del petroleo with additional chapters and new updated information.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The determining factor of our century -- The end of the petroleum civilization? -- Alternative energy -- The bridge : the nonconventional reserves -- The economists' challenge -- An oil plan -- Strategy and conclusions -- The case for economic cooperation.

Sommario/riassunto

This work investigates how much oil is left in the world in quantitative and qualitative terms. It then examines all of the different alternate energy sources, finds out their different development stages and informs economists so that they can calculate how long scientists have to develop sustainable alternate energy sources.