Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.

We are facing a global energy crisis caused by world population growth, an escalating increase in demand, and continued dependence on fossil-based fuels for gen

Explores the implications of fossil fuel consumption and the 'peak oil' theory.

Forty years of energy incompetence: villains, failures of leadership, and missed opportunities. Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light

"A detailed historical narrative of the U.S. energy crisis in the 1970s and how policymakers responded to the turmoil"--