Burning Up

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dc.alternateIdentifier9781786803122;9781786803139
dc.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
dc.creatorPirani, Simon
dc.date2019-02-05 23:55
dc.date2020-03-17 03:00:34
dc.date2020-04-01T10:55:14Z
dc.date2020-04-01T10:55:14Z
dc.date2018-10-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T13:06:27Z
dc.descriptionCoal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming. In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change. This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.
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dc.grantnumber102237
dc.grantprogramKU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books
dc.identifier1004144
dc.identifierOCN: 1100490577
dc.identifierhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25937
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/14480
dc.languageeng
dc.licenseConditionn/a
dc.number102237
dc.publisherPluto Press
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dc.relationisbn9781786803122;9781786803139
dc.resourceTypebook
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source1004144.pdf
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectFossil Fuels
dc.subjectGreen Economics
dc.subjectCoal
dc.subjectGas
dc.subjectOil
dc.subjectCapitalism
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectConsumerism
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
dc.titleBurning Up

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