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Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Almost every year since records began, our species has had more energy at its disposal than it had the year before. For the last 50 years, the growth rate has averaged 2.4% per year, more than tripling in total over that time. For the century before that it was more like 1% per year, and as we go back through history, the growth rate looks lower still but nevertheless positive, give or take the odd blip. We have been getting continually more powerful,...
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The author believes that "we're taught to think only of the negatives of fossil fuels, their risks and side effects, but not their positives--their unique ability to provide cheap, reliable energy for a world of seven billion people. And the moral significance of cheap, reliable energy, Epstein argues, is woefully underrated. Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental"--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. "The Burden reveals how America's dependence on fossil fuels poses serious immediate and long-term threats to our national security--and how the military is taking a leading role in the battle for clean, renewable energy"--Container.
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