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oapen-20.500.12657-259372021-11-10T08:10:28Z Burning Up Pirani, Simon Political Science History Environment Ecology Fossil Fuels Green Economics Coal Gas Oil Capitalism Climate Change Consumerism bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming. In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change. This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time. 2019-02-05 23:55 2020-03-17 03:00:34 2020-04-01T10:55:14Z 2020-04-01T10:55:14Z 2018-10-20 book 1004144 OCN: 1100490577 9781786803122;9781786803139 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25937 eng application/pdf n/a 1004144.pdf Pluto Press 102237 e7b13f6b-a18c-4c0b-97b8-d1891104b9c4 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781786803122;9781786803139 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 102237 KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming.
In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change.
This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.
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