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Category Archives: Book List
Fossil and Nuclear Energy Reading List
[ Books and articles related to fossil fuels and nuclear energy. More comments after the list. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips and … Continue reading
Book list: What to do
There are plenty of survivalist websites, and I’ve certainly thought about how to survive, but I’m madly in love with my techno-optimist husband, so we’re not going to do anything, and I’ll be front row in Oakland California even though … Continue reading
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Tagged book list, survival, what to do, where to be
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Reading List. Peak Energy
“An Energy slave unit equals the average output of a man doing 150,000 foot-pounds of work per day 250 days per year. In low-energy societies, nonhuman energy slaves are horses, oxen, windmills, riverboats. Now, the average American has more than … Continue reading
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Tagged biofuels, coal, IPCC, kerogen, metehane hydrates, natural gas, oil, oil sands, peak, shale oil, tar sands, uranium
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Reading list – travel, history, science, food, (auto)biography, cults/religion, psychology
[Just a few of the books I read walking 8-10 miles (round-trip) a day to work and back, reading all the way. Alice Friedemann at www.energyskeptic.com] Travel R. Sapolsky. A Primate’s Memoir W. Ferguson. Hokkaido Highway Blues A. Frater. Chasing … Continue reading
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book list: energy, ecology, evolution, extinction, war, natural resources, carrying capacity, infrastructure, agriculture, politics and more
My long reading list (below) is very long and out-of-date, so I’ve broken it up into reading lists by topic (in progress still). I encourage you to buy the books and print off the articles on acid-free paper (see Preservation … Continue reading
John Howe booklist
http://www.solarcarandtractor.com/Peak_Oil_Update.html Astyk, S. (2008) “Depletion and Abundance, Life On the New Home Front.” Bartlett, A. (2004) “The Essential Exponential, For the Future of Our Planet.” Bligh, J. (2004) “The Fatal Inheritance.” Brown, L. (2008) “Plan B 3.0, Mobilizing To Save … Continue reading
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Scientists and Environmentalists for Population Stabilization
This fantastic list is from March 2014, so to see the must up-to-date bibliography go here: Scientists and Environmentalists for Population Stabilization bibliography Arrow, K., B. Bolin, R. Costanza, P. Dasgupta, C. Folke, C.S. Holling, B. Jansson, S. Levin, K. … Continue reading
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University of Minnesota syllabus for HSEM 2624H “Sustainability or Collapse? An Interdisciplinary Overview of the Human Predicament”
HSEM 2624H – (PROVISIONAL) SYLLABUS “Sustainability or Collapse? An Interdisciplinary Overview of the Human Predicament” —or– “Humans, Our Environment and the Future: A Survey of Opportunities and Constraints” Instructors: Dr. Nathan John Hagens, Dr. Kathryn Draeger This class will provide … Continue reading
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Alternative Energy Reading List
Why Alternative Energy can’t replace fossil fuels Book and Article list below Introduction to alternative energy reading list Scale. Oil is the densest form of energy on the planet next to uranium. To replace the one cubic mile of oil, … Continue reading
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Tagged fusion, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, wave, wind
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