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RECORD NUMBER: 647 OF 3550Main Title | Confronting collapse : the crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world : a 25-point program for action / | |||||||||||
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Author | Ruppert, Michael C. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Chelsea Green Pub., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2009 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 471805217 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781603582643 (pbk.); 1603582649 (pbk.) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Energy policy--United States ; Energy policy--Economic aspects--United States | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiii, 248 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "Confronting collapse was first published in 2009 as A presidential energy policy : twenty-five points addressing the Siamese twins of energy and money"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index. |
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Contents Notes | The need for leadership -- Thinking like a President in the face of a global problem -- Depletion: refilling Niagara Falls with a garden hose -- Reserve estimates: playing a fool's game with numbers -- Infrastructures and the grid -- Iraq -- Saudi Arabia -- Food -- Evaluating alternative energies -- The alternatives -- Localization: the alternative to the alternatives -- Money -- Foreign policy -- Setting the policy -- An emergency 25-point plan for action. |