Blowout in the Gulf : the BP oil spill disaster and the future of energy in America / / William R. Freudenburg and Robert Gramling
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| Autore: |
Freudenburg William R
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| Titolo: |
Blowout in the Gulf : the BP oil spill disaster and the future of energy in America / / William R. Freudenburg and Robert Gramling
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738/28 |
| Soggetto topico: | BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 |
| Oil spills - America, Gulf of | |
| Drilling platforms - Accidents - America, Gulf of | |
| Offshore oil industry - Environmental aspects - America, Gulf of | |
| Altri autori: |
GramlingRobert <1943-2014.>
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| Note generali: | Originally published: 2011. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 A Question for Our Time -- 2 The Macondo Mess -- 3 Stored Sunlight and Its Risks -- 4 Colonel of an Industry -- 5 Barons and Barrels -- 6 Off the Edge in All Directions -- 7 "Energy Independence" -- 8 To Know Us Is to Love Us? -- 9 Cleaning Up -- 10 Today and Tomorrow -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Blowout in the Gulf |
| ISBN: | 9786612899324 |
| 9780262294089 | |
| 0262294087 | |
| 9781282899322 | |
| 1282899325 | |
| 9780262294126 | |
| 0262294125 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910962634003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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