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LANG MATL
Author Hirsch, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1935-

Title The impending world energy mess : what it is and what it means to you! / by Robert L. Hirsch, Roger H. Bezdek, Robert M. Wendling.
Edition First edition.

Publication Info. [Burlington, Ont.] : [Apogee Prime], [2010]
©2010
Description 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier

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Contents Introduction -- What this is about -- Thinking about oil -- Understanding oil fields -- Oil reserves & production -- World oil production, prices, and world GDP -- What are the forecasters forecasting? -- How is the oil debacle like to unfold? -- The realities of the world oil enterprise -- Administrative mitigation -- The best that physical mitigations can provide -- Let's save our way out of impending oil shortages -- Criteria for judging energy processes -- Other transportation fuel options -- Comments on various electric generation options -- Winners and losers when world liquid fuels production declines -- Global warming -- How you might be impacted and what to do -- Conclusions -- Postscript: the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Forecasting.
Petroleum reserves.
Petroleum conservation.
Power resources.
Renewable energy sources.
Energy conservation.
Add'l Names Bezdek, Roger H.
Wendling, Robert M.
ISBN 9781926837116
1926837118
OCLC ocn668093099