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Burn out : the endgame for fossil fuels / Dieter Helm

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017Description: xx, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300225624
  • 0300225628
Other title:
  • Endgame for fossil fuels
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.8/2
LOC classification:
  • HD 9502 H478b 2017
Contents:
Predictable Surprises. The end of the commodity super-cycle -- Binding carbon constraints -- An electric future -- The Geopolitical Consequences. The US : the lucky country -- The Middle East : more trouble to come -- Russia : blighted by the resource curse -- China : the end of the transition -- Europe : not as bad as it seems -- Creative Destruction and the Changing Corporate Landscape. The gradual end of big oil -- Energy utilities : a broken model -- The new energy markets and the economics of the Internet.
Summary: "Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end. Surveying recent surges in technological innovations, Helm’s provocative new book documents how the global move toward the internet-of-things will inexorably reduce the demand for oil, gas, and renewables—and prove more effective than current efforts to avert climate change. Oil companies and energy utilities must begin to adapt their existing business models or face future irrelevancy. Oil-exporting nations, particularly in the Middle East, will be negatively impacted, whereas the United States and European countries that are investing in new technologies may find themselves leaders in the geopolitical game. Timely and controversial, this book concludes by offering advice on what governments and businesses can and should do now to prepare for a radically different energy future"--Publisher's website
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 9502 H478b 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000159969

Predictable Surprises. The end of the commodity super-cycle --
Binding carbon constraints --
An electric future --
The Geopolitical Consequences. The US : the lucky country --
The Middle East : more trouble to come --
Russia : blighted by the resource curse --
China : the end of the transition --
Europe : not as bad as it seems --
Creative Destruction and the Changing Corporate Landscape. The gradual end of big oil --
Energy utilities : a broken model --
The new energy markets and the economics of the Internet.

"Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end. Surveying recent surges in technological innovations, Helm’s provocative new book documents how the global move toward the internet-of-things will inexorably reduce the demand for oil, gas, and renewables—and prove more effective than current efforts to avert climate change. Oil companies and energy utilities must begin to adapt their existing business models or face future irrelevancy. Oil-exporting nations, particularly in the Middle East, will be negatively impacted, whereas the United States and European countries that are investing in new technologies may find themselves leaders in the geopolitical game. Timely and controversial, this book concludes by offering advice on what governments and businesses can and should do now to prepare for a radically different energy future"--Publisher's website

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