Earth wars : the battle for global resources /

"A fascinating insight into the global battle for our energy future. The global competition for scarce natural resources that pits the West against the super-hot economies of China and India, plus a clutch of other contenders including Russia, Brazil, and Indonesia, has become one of the bigges...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hiscock, Geoff
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Singapore ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals
  • Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map
  • The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers
  • Food and water : where the rivers run
  • "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims
  • Old coal still burning brightly
  • Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world
  • New energy
  • clean, green, and expensive
  • Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love
  • Finding steel's essential ingredients
  • U.S. energy : hail to the shale
  • Japan after the deluge
  • BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC
  • The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico
  • What happens next : a host of global opportunities
  • Conclusion : a world so changed.