Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?\ Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline—perhaps rapidly—forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book, David Goodstein, professor of physics at Caltech, explains the underlying scientific...
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Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel? The New York Times I hope Goodstein is wrong. I wish we could dismiss him as an addled environmentalist, too much in love with his windmill to know which way the wind is blowing. On the strength of the evidence, and his argument, however, we can't. If he's right, I'm sorry for my kids. And I'm especially sorry for theirs. — Paul Raeburn
Introduction13Ch. 1The Future21Ch. 2Energy Myths and A Brief History of Energy41Ch. 3Electricity and Radiant Energy57Ch. 4Heat Engines and Entropy77Ch. 5Technological Fixes99Envoy: The Future Revisited117Annotated Bibliography125Acknowledgments127Notes129Index133
\ The New York TimesI hope Goodstein is wrong. I wish we could dismiss him as an addled environmentalist, too much in love with his windmill to know which way the wind is blowing. On the strength of the evidence, and his argument, however, we can't. If he's right, I'm sorry for my kids. And I'm especially sorry for theirs. — Paul Raeburn\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalGoodstein is not some flaky, back-to-earth type, insists the publicist, but a sober-minded scientist (and vice provost at the California Institute of Technology) issuing a warning. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \
