Societies beyond oil : oil dregs and social futures /: oil dregs and social futures. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Urry.
• Other Names: Urry, John
• Contents: About the author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Problem of Energy; Energy; Oil; Summarizing the argument; The problem of oil is 42; PART I Oil Dregs; Chapter 1: Oil and the Crash of 2007-08; Oil and money; Neoliberalism; Sprawltown; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The Century of Oil; Humans and nature; The origins of oil civilization; Figure 2.1 Sources of global carbon emissions, 1800-2010; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Consuming Miles; Consuming from afar; Dubai; From neighbourhood lives; Places for consuming; More consumers; Conclusion. Chapter 4 : Carbon Capital energy inequalities; Establishing carbon capitalism; Combating environmentalism; The noughties; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Peaking; Peak oil thesis; Figure 5.1 The discovery and consumption of oil, 1900-2030; Figure 5.2 North sea oil production, 1965-2010; Tough oil; Political peaking; Climate change and multiple crises; Conclusion; Chapter 6: The Chinese Century?; Oiling Chinese development; Chinese urbanization; Cars in China; Supertankers; China's emissions; Conclusion; Chapter 7: The Curse of Oil; There will be blood; Oil and 'troubled waters'; Norway. Democracy and oil part II Social Futures; Chapter 8: Magic Bullet Future; Energy and its futures; Magic bullet of hydrogen; Technological fixes; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Digital Lives; Digital worlds; Digitizing manufacturing; Digitizing social life; The costs of going digital; Conclusion; Chapter 10: Resource Fights; Recent resource wars; Future wars; Conclusion; Chapter 11: Low-carbon Society; The green shoots of a powered-down future; Figure 11.1 Social globalization across the world, 1970-2008; Figure 11.2 Vehicle miles traveled in the USA 1992-2011 (12-month average, billion miles/day).
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (306 pages)
• Subjects: 304.28; Petroleum reserves -- Forecasting; Social impact of environmental issues; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography; Ressources pétrolières; Crise de l'énergie; Combustibles fossiles; Mondialisation; Société; Développement durable; Futur; Petroleum reserves -- Forecasting; Öl; Sozialer Wandel; Nachhaltigkeit; Natürliche Ressourcen; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780321707; 1780321708; 9781780321714; 1780321716
• Related ISBNs: 9781780321691; 1780321694; 9787803216845; 9781780321684; 7803216846; 1780321686
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-286) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.