Friedrichs Jeorg, Friedrichs Jrg, Friedrichs Jorg The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity 9780262019248

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Автор: Friedrichs Jeorg, Friedrichs Jrg, Friedrichs Jorg
Название: The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity
Перевод названия: Георг Фридрих: Будущее, которого лучше бы не было
ISBN: 9780262019248
Издательство: Wiley
Классификация:

Управление природопользованием

Энергетические ресурсы

Загрязнение окружающей среды и другие угрозы

Изменение климата

ISBN-10: 0262019248
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 224
Вес: 0.46 кг.
Дата издания: 16.08.2013
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 4 b&w illus., 15 charts, 12 graphs
Размер: 228 x 161 x 21
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Подзаголовок: Climate change and energy scarcity
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A hard look at the twin challenges of climate change and energy scarcity that examines historical precedents and allows no room for complacency.

The future is not what it used to be because we can no longer rely on the comforting assumption that it will resemble the past. Past abundance of fuel, for example, does not imply unending abundance. Infinite growth on a finite planet is not possible.

In this book, Jorg Friedrichs argues that industrial society itself is transitory, and he examines the prospects for our civilizations coming to terms with its two most imminent choke points: climate change and energy scarcity. He offers a thorough and accessible account of these two challenges as well as the linkages between them.

Friedrichs contends that industrial civilization cannot outlast our ability to burn fossil fuels and that the demise of industrial society would entail cataclysmic change, including population decreases. To understand the social and political implications, he examines historical cases of climate stress and energy scarcity: devastating droughts in the ancient Near East; the Little Ice Age in the medieval Far North; the Japanese struggle to prevent fuel starvation from 1918 to 1945; the totalitarian retrenchment of the North Korean governing class after the end of Soviet oil deliveries; and Cubas socioeconomic adaptation to fuel scarcity in the 1990s. He draws important lessons about the likely effects of climate and energy disruptions on different kinds of societies.

The warnings of climate scientists are met by denial and inaction, while energy experts offer little guidance on the effects of future scarcity. Friedrichs suggests that to confront our predicament we must affirm our core values and take action to transform our way of life. Whether we are private citizens or public officials, complacency is not an option: climate change and energy scarcity are emerging facts of life.

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity, Friedrichs Jeorg, Friedrichs Jrg, Friedrichs Jorg