The thread of energy /
"The Thread of Energy simplifies the world's complexity by recognizing energy as the single most important influence on human behavior. It exposes how fundamental is energy on our lives, our security, and our relationships with others in an ever-shrinking and complicated world. It examines...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The Thread of Energy simplifies the world's complexity by recognizing energy as the single most important influence on human behavior. It exposes how fundamental is energy on our lives, our security, and our relationships with others in an ever-shrinking and complicated world. It examines the typical inspiration energy has on all activities, ways of life, ambitions, and costs while illustrating its central role in explaining how the world works and how it will influence the future we are creating. It reduces the myriad interlocking and inscrutable effects on human security and happiness while preparing us—in lay language—for the coming energy transition. In sum, the book weaves a tapestry of all human activities by describing how energy drives human actions, decisions, barriers, and opportunities. Acknowledging and acting upon this accumulated awareness is the first step in illuminating the path to the solutions we must identify to survive. Once we do so, we will have accepted that energy is a social issue with a technical component rather than the other way around"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190096830 0190096837 9780197581292 0197581293 9780197581308 0197581307 |