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    The energy of nations : risk blindness and the road to renaissance / Jeremy Leggett.

    By: Leggett, Jeremy KMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 252 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415857826; 0415857821Subject(s): Renewable energy sources -- Social aspects | Energy development -- Social aspects | Energy consumption -- Social aspects | Petroleum reserves | Förnybara energikällor -- sociala aspekter | Olja (petroleum) -- förekomst | Energiförbrukning -- sociala aspekter | EnergipolitikDDC classification: 333.79/4 LOC classification: TJ808 | .L44 2014
    Contents:
    Lies, scaremongering and affordable oil -- Under the volcano -- Doomed to failure -- We are not responsible -- The risk of contingency -- The small print -- When the dancing stops -- This house believes -- We will be blamed forever -- As bad as the credit crunch -- You are the flip side of austerity -- Houston, it's just possible we may have a problem -- The anti-oil shock response plan plan -- A 'bollocks' subject -- To the point of being suicidal -- A new era of fossil fuels -- More unhinged by the week -- What next? The anatomy of the biggest crash-- The power of context: energy and security -- The choice of roads: people and systems.
    Summary: The economies of tomorrow must function in energy terms in the face of systemic global threats that are mostly ignored or very incompletely understood across society. This book focuses on the fuelling of tomorrow's world as both an analysis and a vision. It addresses the global risk of an impending oil crisis in relation to the viability of supply chains and businesses, also looking at the implications and financial risks.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Lies, scaremongering and affordable oil -- Under the volcano -- Doomed to failure -- We are not responsible -- The risk of contingency -- The small print -- When the dancing stops -- This house believes -- We will be blamed forever -- As bad as the credit crunch -- You are the flip side of austerity -- Houston, it's just possible we may have a problem -- The anti-oil shock response plan plan -- A 'bollocks' subject -- To the point of being suicidal -- A new era of fossil fuels -- More unhinged by the week -- What next? The anatomy of the biggest crash-- The power of context: energy and security -- The choice of roads: people and systems.

    The economies of tomorrow must function in energy terms in the face of systemic global threats that are mostly ignored or very incompletely understood across society. This book focuses on the fuelling of tomorrow's world as both an analysis and a vision. It addresses the global risk of an impending oil crisis in relation to the viability of supply chains and businesses, also looking at the implications and financial risks.

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