The Age Of Oil
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The Age Of Oil
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Author : Chas. A. Stoneham & Co
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
The Age Of Oil written by Chas. A. Stoneham & Co and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Petroleum industry and trade categories.
This Age Of Oil
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Author : Petroleum Information Bureau (Australia)
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne
Release Date : 1960
This Age Of Oil written by Petroleum Information Bureau (Australia) and has been published by Melbourne this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Petroleum categories.
The Age Of Oil
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Author : Leonardo Maugeri
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2006-05-30
The Age Of Oil written by Leonardo Maugeri and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-30 with Science categories.
Oil is the most vital resource of our time. Because it is so important, misperceptions about the black gold abound. Leonardo Maugeri clears the cobwebs by describing the colorful history of oil, and explaining the fundamentals of oil production. He delivers a unique, fascinating, and controversial perspective on the industry—as only an insider could. The history of the oil market has been marked, since its inception, by a succession of booms and busts, each one leading to a similar psychological climax and flawed political decisions. In a single generation, we've experienced the energy crisis of 1973; the dramatic oil countershock of 1986; the oil collapse of 1998-99 that gave rise to the idea of oil as just another commodity; and the sharp price increases following hurricane Katrina's devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Today, we are experiencing a global oil boom that, paradoxically, seems to herald a gloomy era of scarcity exacerbated by growing consumption and the threat from Islamic terrorism in the oil-rich Middle East. Maugeri argues that the pessimists are wrong. In the second part of his book, he debunks the main myths surrounding oil in our times, addressing whether we are indeed running out of oil, and the real impact of Islamic radicalism on oil-rich regions. By translating many of the technical concepts of oil productions into terms the average reader can easily grasp, Maugeri answers our questions. Ultimately, he concludes that the wolf is not at the door. We are facing neither a problem of oil scarcity, nor an upcoming oil blackmail by forces hostile to the West. Only bad political decisions driven by a distorted view of current problems (and who is to blame for them) can doom us to a gloomy oil future.
The First Half Of The Age Of Oil
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Author : Springer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-12-05
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The First Half Of The Age Of Oil
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Author : Charles A. S. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-05
The First Half Of The Age Of Oil written by Charles A. S. Hall and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-05 with Technology & Engineering categories.
According to the conventional wisdom, we live in a post-industrial information age. This book, however, paints a different picture: We live in the age of oil. Petroleum fuels and feedstocks are responsible for much of what we take for granted in modern society, from chemical products such as fertilizer and plastics, to the energy that moves people and goods in a global economy. Oil is a nearly perfect fuel: Energy dense, safe to store, easy to transport, and mostly environmentally benign. Most importantly, oil has been cheap and abundant during the past 150 years. In 1998, two respected geologists, Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère, published a detailed article announcing that the “end of cheap oil” would happen before 2010, which meant that the world would face a peak, or at least a plateau, in global daily oil production in the first decade of the new millennium. Today, two billion people under the age of 14 have lived the majority of their lives past the point when this century-long growth in oil supplies came to an end, which also marks the end of the first half of the age of oil. This transition has ushered in a new reality of high oil prices, stagnating oil supplies, and sluggish economies. In this book, a leading authority on energy explores the contributions and continuing legacy of Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère, the two geologists who modified the terms of the debate about oil. The book provides a unique perspective and state-of-the-art overview of today’s energy reality and its enormous economic and social implications. - Covers a topic that eclipses climate change as the most important but least understood challenge for contemporary society - Explores the works of Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère, the leading authorities in the field of Peak Oil, authors of “The End of Cheap Oil” (Scientific American, 1998), and founding members of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas - Addresses a broad audience of scientists, engineers, and economists in a format that is accessible to the general public - Provides a complete overview of the basic geological, chemical, physical, economic and historical concepts that every oil consumer should understand - Presents the latest information on oil production, reserves, discoveries, prices, and fields in easy-to-understand graphs and plots
Out Of Gas
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Author : David L. Goodstein
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2005
Out Of Gas written by David L. Goodstein and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
David Goodstein explains the scientific principles of the inevitable fossil fuel shortage and the closely related peril to the earth's climate.
The Decline Of The Age Of Oil
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Author : Brian J. Fleay
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press Australia
Release Date : 1995-01-01
The Decline Of The Age Of Oil written by Brian J. Fleay and has been published by Pluto Press Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Energy development categories.
Oil Age
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
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Petroleum Age
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
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Carbon Democracy
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Author : Timothy Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2013-06-25
Carbon Democracy written by Timothy Mitchell and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-25 with Political Science categories.
“A brilliant, revisionist argument that places oil companies at the heart of 20th century history—and of the political and environmental crises we now face.” —Guardian Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy. Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal power to tell a radical new story about the rise of democracy. Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable for the first time to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abundant energy from oil, most notably from the Middle East, offered a means to reduce this vulnerability to democratic pressures. The abundance of oil made it possible for the first time in history to reorganize political life around the management of something now called “the economy” and the promise of its infinite growth. The politics of the West became dependent on an undemocratic Middle East. In the twenty-first century, the oil-based forms of modern democratic politics have become unsustainable. Foreign intervention and military rule are faltering in the Middle East, while governments everywhere appear incapable of addressing the crises that threaten to end the age of carbon democracy—the disappearance of cheap energy and the carbon-fuelled collapse of the ecological order. In making the production of energy the central force shaping the democratic age, Carbon Democracy rethinks the history of energy, the politics of nature, the theory of democracy, and the place of the Middle East in our common world.