Half gone : oil, gas, hot air and the global energy crisis / Jeremy Leggett.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Portobello, 2006.Description: [vii], 322 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781846270055 (pbk.) :
- 9781846270055 (pbk.)
- 333.79 LEG
- HD9502
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 333.79 LEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 207589 |
Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I.Oil depletion -- 1.Insufficiency -- 2.Finding oil -- 3.The topping point -- 4.How serious is the crisis? -- II.Oil depletion meets global warming -- 5.Depletion in the greenhouse -- 6.How we got into this mess, part 1: before the knowledge -- 7.How we got into this mess, part 2: the complicity years -- 8.What can we do about it? -- Epilogue: the future of the blue pearl.
Exposing the true status of the world's dwindling energy supplies, Jeremy Leggett reveals the scale of the disaster looming over our planet, and the action each and every one of us must take - right now - to stand a chance of averting it.