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 civilization's 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 Cuba's 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.
Автор: Robert J. Howlett; Lakhmi C. Jain; Shaun H. Lee Название: Sustainability in Energy and Buildings ISBN: 3642423000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642423000 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 261210.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Part I Building Sustainability.- Part II Sustainable Power Generation.- Part III Sustainable Energy Policy and Strategy.
Автор: Mart A. Stewart; Peter A. Coclanis Название: Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability in the Mekong Delta ISBN: 9400736118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400736115 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 139310.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Comprising selected material from a 2010 conference held in the delta itself, the papers assembled in this volume include much technical information and offer a full range of perspectives on the environmental and sustainability issues in this sensitive region.
Автор: Hudson Название: Fair Trade, Sustainability and Social Change ISBN: 1137269847 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137269843 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 121110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The authors critically evaluate the fair trade movement`s role in pursuing a more just and environmentally sustainable society. Using fair trade as a case study of the shift toward non-state forms of governance, they focus on its role not only as a regulatory tool, but as a catalyst for broader social and political transformation.
Автор: Peter E Hodgson Название: Energy, the Environment and Climate Change ISBN: 1848164157 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848164154 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 91870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Presents an account of significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. This book considers non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal.
Автор: Curran Название: Sustainability and Energy Politics ISBN: 1137352329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137352323 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 113190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy.
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