LEADER 03057nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910826993503321 005 20230828233823.0 010 $a9786611398132 010 $a1-281-39813-6 010 $a0-87586-511-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471029 035 $a(EBL)319235 035 $a(OCoLC)476115310 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12038948 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229982 035 $a(PQKB)11418262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC319235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL319235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476721 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL139813 035 $a(OCoLC)935264835 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471029 100 $a20060908d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInfinity's rainbow$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of energy, climate and globalization /$fMichael P. Byron 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-510-0 311 $a0-87586-509-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConceptual 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. 330 $aReady 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, a 606 $aPolitical ecology$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy policy$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy policy$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSustainable development$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical ecology 615 0$aEnergy policy$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aEnergy policy$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSustainable development$xPolitical aspects 676 $a333.790973 700 $aByron$b Michael P.$f1956-$01702385 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826993503321 996 $aInfinity's rainbow$94086876 997 $aUNINA