Infinity's rainbow : the politics of energy, climate, and globalization / Michael P. Byron

Author: Byron, Michael P., 1956-
Published: New York : Algora Pub., [2006]
Copyright Date: ©2006
Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations

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English.

Contents

Conceptual foundations -- Crisis and cognition -- Systems theory and its implications -- The crises -- Peak oil and hydrocarbon resource depletion -- Global warming and climate change I : wind and weather -- Global warming and climate change II : oceans, waters and ices -- Famine, disease, and pestilence -- Political failure and economic collapse -- Propaganda, betrayal, and war -- Unholy union : church, corporation, and state -- The big picture -- Survival & rebirth -- Survival strategies -- A world reborn -- Problems and solutions.

Summary

Ready for a dramatic lifestyle change? If mankind continues to deplete Earth's bounteous resources at an accelerating pace, drastic changes are inevitable. Exploring the links between politics and economics, globalization, peak oil, global warming, and disastrous weather, the author shows how human values and human activity have set us on a course to calamity and calls for a profound change in how we exploit the earth s resources. Infinite as Earth's resources have always seemed to be, the author presents evidence showing that mankind is rapidly using up many of the most necessary resources,

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ISBN

9780875865119 (electronic bk.)
0875865119 (electronic bk.)
9780875865096 (trade paper ; alk. paper)
0875865097 (trade paper ; alk. paper)
9780875865102 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
0875865100 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
1281398136
9781281398130
9786611398132
6611398139

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.

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