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9781592132935

Global Energy Shifts

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  • ISBN13:

    9781592132935

  • ISBN10:

    1592132936

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-11-01
  • Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

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Summary

In the year 1900, the industrial world was almost entirely reliant on coal for its commercial energy. Only 50 years later, a new system - based on oil - had spread across the entire globe. By the end of the twentieth century, yet another system - based on natural gas - was achieving world-wide diffusion. Global Energy Shifts explores the societal forces that led to the expansion of these energy systems and demonstrates that the convergence of specific geopolitical, commercial, and social conditions can generate rapid and far-reaching transformations in the energy foundations of our world. In an important concluding chapter, Podobnik describes opportunities for fostering a similarly rapid shift toward renewable energy systems in the twenty-first century drawing on lessons from world history.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgments ix
Global Energy Shifts in World Historical Perspective
1(17)
The Rise of Coal
18(20)
Conflict in Coal and the Emergence of New Energy Systems
38(30)
The First Period of Crisis
68(24)
The Rise of Oil, Natural Gas, and Nuclear Power
92(21)
The Second Period of Crisis
113(29)
Toward a Sustainable Energy System
142(27)
Appendix A Sources and Methods Used to Compile Energy Data 169(4)
Appendix B Glossary of Petroleum Company Names 173(2)
Appendix C Sources of Strike Data in Energy Industries 175(2)
Notes 177(12)
Bibliography 189(28)
Index 217

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