01681nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001704000070005804100080006508200230007310000270009624500420012326000440016530000260020936500210023552009140025665000300117065000400120065000300124070000290127094200120129999900190131195201090133020211231100632.0211231b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cAL  aeng  223a622.1828bGOOO  aDavid Goodstein912159  aOut of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil  aNew York:bW W Norton & Company,c2004.  a140 p.bHBc21x14 cm.  b21.95c£d21.95  aOur rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline—perhaps rapidly—forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book, David Goodstein, professor of physics at Caltech, explains the underlying scientific principles of the inevitable fossil fuel shortage we face. He outlines the drastic effects a fossil fuel shortage will bring down on us. And he shows that there is an important silver lining to the need to switch to other sources of energy, for when we have burned up all the available oil, the earth's climate will have moved toward a truly life-threatening state. With its easy-to-grasp explanations of the science behind every aspect of our most urgent environmental policy decisions, Out of Gas is a handbook for the future of civilization.  aPetroleum Reserves912155  aPetroleum Industry and Trade912156  aMining Engineering912157  aGOODSTEIN (David)912158  2ddccGF  c221029d221029  00102ddc40708ELEaALbALd2013-03-24l0o622.1828 GOOOpGF03649r2021-12-31 00:00:00w2021-12-31yGF