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Infinity's rainbow [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of energy, climate and globalization / / Michael P. Byron



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Autore: Byron Michael P. <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Infinity's rainbow [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of energy, climate and globalization / / Michael P. Byron Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina: 333.790973
Soggetto topico: Political ecology - United States
Energy policy - Political aspects - United States
Energy policy - Economic aspects - United States
Sustainable development - Political aspects - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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, a
Titolo autorizzato: Infinity's rainbow  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786611398132
1-281-39813-6
0-87586-511-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826993503321
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