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- Global Energy Shifts: Fostering Sustainability in a Turbulent Age
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out and commentators were unable to foresee a viable alternative fuel. To address the crisis, military strategists were urged to seize control of coal in foreign lands, and companies were encouraged to increase domestic production of the resource.
In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the "coal panics" that once swept through Britain and the "oil panics" that grip the world today. His concise history of global energy use contextualizes the coal and oil scares, demonstrating how the convergence of specific geopolitical, commercial, and social conditions can generate rapid and far-reaching transformations in the energy foundations of our world.
Ultimately, Podobnik informs readers on how a "crisis" of one fuel system is quickly averted with the introduction of another, and describes opportunities for shifting our problematic, oil-based system toward a renewable energy system.
In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the "coal panics" that once swept through Britain and the "oil panics" that grip the world today. His concise history of global energy use contextualizes the coal and oil scares, demonstrating how the convergence of specific geopolitical, commercial, and social conditions can generate rapid and far-reaching transformations in the energy foundations of our world.
Ultimately, Podobnik informs readers on how a "crisis" of one fuel system is quickly averted with the introduction of another, and describes opportunities for shifting our problematic, oil-based system toward a renewable energy system.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- 2 The Rise of Coal
- pp. 18-37
- 4 The First Period of Crisis
- pp. 68-91
- 6 The Second Period of Crisis
- pp. 113-141
- 7 Toward a Sustainable Energy System
- pp. 142-168
- Bibliography
- pp. 189-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9781592138043
Related ISBN(s)
9781592132935, 9781592132942
MARC Record
OCLC
688291750
Pages
237
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005