Autore	Hall Charles A. S
Edizione	[2nd ed. 2018.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XI, 511 p. 157 illus., 145 illus. in color.)
Disciplina	333.79 338.926
Soggetto topico	Energy policy Sustainable development Environmental economics Sociophysics Econophysics Economic geography Energy Policy, Economics and Management Sustainable Development Environmental Economics Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building Economic Geography
ISBN	3-319-66219-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Part I Energy and the Origins of Wealth -- Poverty, Wealth, and Human Ambition -- Energy and Wealth Production: An historical perspective -- The Petroleum Revolution I: The first half of the age of oil -- Part II Energy, Economics and the Structure of Society -- Explaining Economics from an Energy Perspective -- The Limits of Conventional Economics -- The Petroleum Revolution II: Concentrated Power and Concentrated Industries -- The Postwar Economic Order, Growth and the Hydrocarbon Economy -- Globalization and Efficiency -- Are there Limits to Growth? Examining the Evidence -- Part III Energy and Economics—the Basics -- What is Energy and How is it Related to Wealth Production? -- The Basic Science Needed to Understand the Relation of Energy to Economics -- The Required Quantitative Skills -- Economics as Science: Social or Biophysical? -- Part IV The Science Behind How Economies Work -- Energy Return on Investment -- Peak Oil, EROI, Investments and Our Financial Future -- Access to Energy and Social Inequality -- The Role of Economic Models for Good and Evil -- How to do Biophysical Economics -- Part V Understanding How Real World Economies Work -- Peak Oil, the Great Recession and the Quest for Sustainability -- Energy, Climate Science, and Planetary Boundaries -- Living the Good Life in a Lower EROI World.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910299591003321

Autore	Hall Charles A. S
Edizione	[1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Springer, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (135 p.)
Disciplina	338.476210420973
Altri autori (Persone)	Ramirez-PascualliCarlos A
Collana	SpringerBriefs in energy : energy analysis
Soggetto topico	Petroleum - History Petroleum industry and trade - History
ISBN	1-283-93450-7 1-4614-6064-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Introduction -- Oil, Money and our Modern Civilization -- The Nature of Petroleum -- The Early Oil Industry -- King Hubbert: A Pioneer of a Different Kind -- The End of Cheap Oil -- What Do We Know About “Peak Oil” Today? -- The Formation of ASPO and the Growing Influence of the “Peak Oil” Community -- The Other Side -- Conclusions -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910437775203321