03090nam 2200649 a 450 991045149760332120200520144314.097866113981321-281-39813-60-87586-511-9(CKB)1000000000471029(EBL)319235(OCoLC)476115310(SSID)ssj0000178866(PQKBManifestationID)12038948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178866(PQKBWorkID)10229982(PQKB)11418262(MiAaPQ)EBC319235(Au-PeEL)EBL319235(CaPaEBR)ebr10476721(CaONFJC)MIL139813(OCoLC)935264835(EXLCZ)99100000000047102920060908d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInfinity's rainbow[electronic resource] the politics of energy, climate and globalization /Michael P. ByronNew York Algora Pub.c20061 online resource (250 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-510-0 0-87586-509-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Conceptual foundations -- Crisis and cognition -- Systems theory and its implications -- The crises -- Peak oil and hydrocarbon resource depletion -- Global warming and climate change : wind and weather -- Global warming and climate change II : oceans, waters and ices -- Famine, disease, and pestilence -- Political failure and economic collapse -- Propaganda, betrayal, and war -- Unholy union : church, corporation, and state -- The big picture -- Seeking change.Ready for a dramatic lifestyle change? If mankind continues to deplete Earth's bounteous resources at an accelerating pace, drastic changes are inevitable. Exploring the links between politics and economics, globalization, peak oil, global warming, and disastrous weather, the author shows how human values and human activity have set us on a course to calamity and calls for a profound change in how we exploit the earth s resources. Infinite as Earth's resources have always seemed to be, the author presents evidence showing that mankind is rapidly using up many of the most necessary resources, aPolitical ecologyUnited StatesEnergy policyPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnergy policyEconomic aspectsUnited StatesSustainable developmentPolitical aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Political ecologyEnergy policyPolitical aspectsEnergy policyEconomic aspectsSustainable developmentPolitical aspects333.790973Byron Michael P.1956-978401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451497603321Infinity's rainbow2229697UNINA