LEADER 05546nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910777011303321 005 20230721031317.0 010 $a1-281-91857-1 010 $a9786611918576 010 $a981-270-874-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000415571 035 $a(EBL)1193346 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12090775 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10313791 035 $a(PQKB)10152870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1193346 035 $a(WSP)00006480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1193346 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10698746 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL191857 035 $a(OCoLC)851970716 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000415571 100 $a20071219d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnergy, resources, and the long-term future$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Scales Avery 210 $aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (339 p.) 225 0 $aWorld Scientific series on energy and resource economics ;$vv. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-270-764-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; 1. THE IDEA OF PROGRESS; 1.1 Cultural evolution; The agricultural revolution; Early forms of writing; 1.2 Condorcet; 1.3 Godwin; 1.4 Adam Smith; Suggestions for Further Reading; 2. THE DISMAL SCIENCE; 2.1 Malthus; 2.2 Ricardo and the Iron Law of Wages; Suggestions for Further Reading; 3. DARK SATANIC MILLS; 3.1 Development of the steam engine; The discovery of atmospheric pressure; Steam engines using atmospheric pressure; 3.2 Working conditions; 3.3 The slow acceptance of birth control in England; Suggestions for further reading; 4. HOBSON'S THEORY; 4.1 The colonial era 327 $a4.2 Hobson's explanation4.3 The neocolonial era?; Suggestions for further reading; 5. MAINSTREAM INDUSTRIALISM; 5.1 Trade unions and minimum wage laws; Robert Owen and social reform; Rusting of the Iron Law; 5.2 Rising standards of living .; 5.3 Robber barons and philanthropists; "Hain't I got the power?"; Carnegie's philanthropies; 5.4 The conict between capitalism and communism; The Russian Revolution; The First Red Scare; McCarthyism; the Cold War; Capitalism triumphant; 5.5 Globalization; 5.6 Say's law; Suburbia; Keeping up appearances; Suggestions for further reading 327 $a6. VEBLEN, GANDHI AND THE GREENS6.1 Veblen; economics as anthropology; 6.2 Gandhi as an economist; 6.3 Thoreau; 6.4 The counter-culture; 6.5 The Brundtland Report; 6.6 The Earth Summit at Rio; Suggestions for further reading; 7. GROWTH AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES; 7.1 Biology and economics; 7.2 The Club of Rome; 7.3 Global energy resources; 7.4 Hubbert peaks for oil and gas; 7.5 Oilsands, tarsands and heavy oil; 7.6 Coal; 7.7 Climate change; 7.8 Metals; 7.9 Groundwater; 7.10 Topsoil; Suggestions for further reading; 8. RENEWABLE ENERGY; 8.1 Beyond the fossil fuel era; 8.2 Biomass 327 $a8.3 Solar energySolar thermal power plants; Solar designs in architecture; Solar systems for heating water and cooking; 8.4 Wind energy; 8.5 Hydroelectric power; 8.6 Energy from the ocean; Tidal power; Wave energy; Ocean thermal energy conversion; Methane clatherates; 8.7 Geothermal energy; 8.8 Hydrogen technologies; Hydrogen fuel cells; 8.9 Some concluding remarks; Suggestions for further reading; 9. ECONOMICS WITHOUT GROWTH; 9.1 The transition from growth to a steady state - minimizing the trauma; 9.2 Keynesian economics; 9.3 The transition to a sustainable economy 327 $a9.4 Population and goods per capitaSuggestions for further reading; 10. OPTIMUM GLOBAL POPULATION; 10.1 The Green Revolution; 10.2 Energy inputs of agriculture; 10.3 Limitations on cropland; Optimum population in the long-term future; 10.4 The demographic transition; 10.5 Urbanization; 10.6 Achieving economic equality .; 10.7 The need for new values; Suggestions for further reading; 11. THE PROBLEM OF WAR; 11.1 The passions of mankind; The explosion of human knowledge; Tribal emotions and nationalism; Formation of group identity in modern nations; 11.2 Modern weapons; Hiroshima and Nagasaki 327 $aThe postwar nuclear arms race 330 $aThe world is rapidly approaching the end of the fossil fuel era. This timely book reviews the historical background for this crisis and provides a comprehensive discussion of its important aspects. It contrasts the Utopian writings of Condorcet, Godwin and Adam Smith, with the more pessimistic views of Malthus and Ricardo. It then discusses the characteristics of mainstream industrialism, as well as the ecological counterculture. The final chapters of the book study the present position regarding both non-renewable and renewable resources, and the problem of reducing the economic trauma that w 410 0$aWorld Scientific Series on Energy and Resource Economics 606 $aEnergy policy 606 $aEnergy development 606 $aPower resources$xForecasting 615 0$aEnergy policy. 615 0$aEnergy development. 615 0$aPower resources$xForecasting. 676 $a333.7915 700 $aAvery$b John$f1933-$0624733 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777011303321 996 $aEnergy, resources, and the long-term future$93821802 997 $aUNINA