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Design on the Edge
Edited by Tom Butler, Daniel Lerch, and George Wuerthner.
What magic, or monster, lurks behind the light switch and the gas pump? Where does the seemingly limitless energy that …
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Edited by Tom Butler and George Wuerthner, Introduction by Richard Heinberg.
ENERGY takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for …
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In The End of Growth, published in September 2011, Richard Heinberg, made the observation that world …
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Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. 'The End of Growth' proposes a …
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How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features …
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Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on …
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What's the future of oil? What does it mean for policymakers?
Despite the recent drop in oil prices, fossil fuel depletion remains a very real and imminent threat to the global economy. …
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The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production. As the population shifted from rural to urban, the impact of humans on the environment increased …
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Since oil is the primary fuel of global industrial civilization, its imminent depletion is a problem that will have profound impact on every aspect of modern life. Without international …
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In Rebuilding the Foodshed Philip Ackerman-Leist refocuses the local-food lens on the broad issue of rebuilding regional food systems that can replace the destructive aspects of industrial agriculture, meet food demands affordably and sustainably, and be resilient enough to endure potentially rough times ahead.
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what is pci?Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 30 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.
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