Drilling down: the gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma
Auteur :
Tainter, Joseph A. / Patzek, Tadeusz W.
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9781441976765
Date de publication :
16 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable?