Out of gas : the end of the age of oil / David Goodstein.

Main entry:

Goodstein, David L., 1939-

Title & Author:

Out of gas : the end of the age of oil / David Goodstein.

Publication:

New York : Norton, 2005.

Description:

148 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
"With a new postscript"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Future -- Energy myths and a brief history of energy -- Electricity and radiant energy -- Heat engines and entropy -- Technological fixes -- Envoy; the future revisited.

Summary:

Over the past century, we have developed a civilization rooted in the promise of an endless supply of cheap oil. But our rate of oil discovery worldwide has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; it is certain to decline forever forward. David Goodstein, professor of physics at Caltech, explains the underlying scientific principles of the inevitable fossil fuel shortage we face, and the closely related peril to the earth's climate. With its easy-to-grasp explanations of the science behind every aspect of our most urgent environmental policy decisions, "Out of Gas" is a handbook for the future of civilization.

ISBN:

0393326470 (pbk.)
9780393326475 (pbk.)

Subject:

Petroleum reserves.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum reserves Forecasting.
Petroleum industry and trade Forecasting.
Pétrole Réserves.
Pétrole Industrie et commerce.
Pétrole Réserves Prévision.
Pétrole Industrie et commerce Prévision.
Energievoorziening.
Prognoses.
Oliewinning.
Petroleum.
Petroleum industry.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269499
Call No.: TN870 .G66 2005
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available

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