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The long emergency : surviving the end of oil, climate change, and other converging catastrophes of the twenty-first century / James Howard Kunstler.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Grove Press, 2006.Description: vii, 339 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802142494 (pbk.)
  • 9780802142498 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 665.54
LOC classification:
  • TP 355 K96l 2006
Contents:
Sleepwalking into the future Modernity and the fossil fuels dilemma Geopolitics and the global oil peak Beyond oil : why alternative fuels won't rescue us Nature bites back : climate change, epidemic disease, water scarcity, habitat destruction, and the dark side of the industrial age Running on fumes : the hallucinated economy Living in the long emergency
Summary: A controversial hit that sparked debate among businessmen, environmentalists, and bloggers, The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler is an eye-opening look at the unprecedented challenges we face in the years ahead, as oil runs out and the global systems built on it are forced to change radically. (Publisher)
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) TP 355 K96l 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000065893

Includes bibliographical references.

Sleepwalking into the future
Modernity and the fossil fuels dilemma
Geopolitics and the global oil peak
Beyond oil : why alternative fuels won't rescue us
Nature bites back : climate change, epidemic disease, water scarcity, habitat destruction, and the dark side of the industrial age
Running on fumes : the hallucinated economy
Living in the long emergency

A controversial hit that sparked debate among businessmen, environmentalists, and bloggers, The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler is an eye-opening look at the unprecedented challenges we face in the years ahead, as oil runs out and the global systems built on it are forced to change radically. (Publisher)

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