Final energy crisis /
edited by Sheila Newman
- 2nd ed.
- London: Pluto Press, 2008.
- x, 324 p.
1. Views from hubbert's peak, by sheila newman -- 2. Prediction of world peak oil production, by seppo a korpela (ohio state university) -- 3. Appendix to prediction of world oil production, by seppo a korpela (ohio state university) -- 4. The assessment and importance of oil depletion, by colin j campbell -- 5. Coal resources of the world, by seppo a korpel (ohio state university)-- part ii: geopolitics introduction: geodestinies and geodeterminism, by sheila newman -- 6. The caspian chimera, by colin j campbell -- 7. Update to the caspian chimera, by sheila newman -- 8. Battle of the titans, by mark jones -- 9. Dark continent, black gold, by andrew mckillop -- 10. The chinese car bomb, by andrew mckillop -- 11. Venezuela, chavez & latin-american oil on the world stage, by sheila newman -- part iii: the big picture - false solutions, hopes and fearsintroduction-- 12. No choice but international energy transition, by andrew mckillop-- 13. Population, energy and economic growth, the moral dilemma, by ross mccluney (university of central florida) -- 14. Renewable energy limits, by ross mccluney (university of central florida)-- 15. Peak soil, by alice friedemann -- 16. Notes on terra preta, by sheila newman -- 17. Nuclear fission power options, by sheila newman -- 18. Fusion illusions, by michael dittmar (swiss federal institute of technology (eth) zurich) -- 19. Geothermal, by sheila newman part iv after oil introduction -- 20. France and australia after oil, by sheila newman -- 21. North korea: the limits of fossil energy-based agricultural systems - what north korea tells us about our future, by antony boys (tohoku university, japan) -- 22. How will japan feed itself without fossil energy?, by antony boys (tohoku university, japan) -- 23. The simpler way, by ted trainer (university of new south wales)-- 24. In the end: thermodynamics and the necessity of protecting the natural world, by sheila newmanshort glossary notes on contributors index
Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.