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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oilby David Goodstein
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline-perhaps rapidly-forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book, David Goodstein, professor of physics at Caltech, explains the underlying scientific principles of the inevitable fossil fuel shortage we face. He outlines the drastic effects a fossil fuel shortage will bring down on us. And he shows that there is an important silver lining to the need to switch to other sources of energy, for when we have burned up all the available oil, the earth's climate will have moved toward a truly life-threatening state. With its easy-to-grasp explanations of the science behind every aspect of our most urgent environmental policy decisions, Out of Gas is a handbook for the future of civilization. Book News Annotation:Counting up the human cost of the age of oil is impossible, not only
because there are too many damaged people to count but also because
many have developed the habit of turning away from the situation
altogether. Goodstein gives hope that the earth may be able to
survive the end of the age of oil as he describes the importance of
fossil fuels over time and the myths that have developed around them,
the role of electricity and radiant energy, the nature of heat
engines and entropy, some technological fixes, and an idea of what
the future can hold. He includes a new postscript for this edition.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Counting up the human cost of the age of oil is impossible, not only
because there are too many damaged people to count but also because
many have developed the habit of turning away from the situation
altogether. Goodstein gives hope that the earth may be able to
survive the end of the age of oil as he describes the importance of
fossil fuels over time and the myths that have developed around them,
the role of electricity and radiant energy, the nature of heat
engines and entropy, some technological fixes, and an idea of what
the future can hold. He includes a new postscript for this edition.
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