The crash course: the unsustainable future of our economy, energy, and environment

INDICE: PART 1 Introduction. Introduction. Chapter 1 The Coming Storm. Chapter 2 The Lens - How to See the Future. Chapter 3 A World Worth Inheriting. Chapter 4 Trust Yourself. PART 2 Foundation. Chapter 5 Dangerous Exponentials. Chapter 6 An Inconvenient Lie: The Truth About Growth. Chapter 7 Our Money System. Chapter 8 Problems and Predicaments. Chapter 9 What is Wealth (Hint: It's Not Money). PART 3 Economy. Chapter 10 Debt. Chapter 11 The Great Credit Bubble. Chapter 12 Like a Moth to a Flame: Our Destructive Tendency to Print. Chapter 13 Fuzzy Numbers. Chapter 14 Starting the Race with our Shoes Tied Together. PART 4 Energy. Chapter 15 Energy and the Economy. Chapter 16 Peak Oil. Chapter 17 Necessary but Insufficient. Chapter 18 Why Technology Can't Fix This. PART 5 Environment. Chapter 19 Minerals: Gone With the Wind. Chapter 20 Soil: Thin, Thinner, Gone. Chapter 21 Parched: The Coming Water Wars. Chapter 22 All Fished Out. PART 6 Future Shock. Chapter 23 Convergence. Chapter 24 Closing theBook on Growth. Chapter 25 Future Scenarios. PART 7 What Should I Do? Chapter26 The Good News: We Already Have Everything We Need. Chapter 27 What Should I Do? Chapter 28 The Opportunities.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-92764-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 09/03/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés