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Rays of Hope

The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World

Denis Hayes author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:1st Apr '77

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Major energy transitions always bring profound social change. The substitutions of coal for wood and wind helped usher in the industrial era. Petroleum, in turn, revolutionized our whole approach to travel, restructuring cities and shrinking the planet. Now, at the twilight of the oil age, we face another energy transition in the certain knowledge that it will reshape tomorrow’s world.

ISBN: 9780393064223

Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 25mm

Weight: 314g

242 pages