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Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

By Thomas Princen , Jack P. Manno , Pamela L. Martin

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780262327077, 0262327074
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7859839 bytes)
Pages
0\387
Time added
2019-05-24 23:18:12
Fossil fuels;Energy security;Energy -- Governmenta

Description

Not so long ago, people North and South had little reason to believe that wealth from oil, gas, and coal brought anything but great prosperity. But the presumption of net benefits from fossil fuels is eroding as widening circles of people rich and poor experience the downside. A positive transition to a post-fossil fuel era cannot wait for global agreement, a swap-in of renewables, a miracle technology, a carbon market, or lifestyle change. This book shows that it is now possible to take the first step toward the post-fossil fuel era, by resisting the slow violence of extreme extraction and combustion, exiting the industry, and imagining a good life after fossil fuels.  Read more...

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