Book DescriptionIn the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out and commentators were unable to foresee a viable alternative fuel To address the crisis, military strategists were urged to seize control of coal in foreign lands, and companies were оджсш encouraged to increase domestic production of the resource In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the "coal panics" thatonce swept through Britain and the "oil panics" that grip the world today His concise history of global energy use contextualizes the coal and oil scares, demonstrating how the convergence of specific geopolitical, commercial, and social conditions can generate rapid and far-reaching transformations in the energy foundations of our world Ultimately, Podobnik informs readers on how a "crisis" of one fuel system is quickly averted with the introduction of another, and describes opportunities for shifting our problematic, oil-based system toward a renewable energy system.  garanti2005 г 240 стр ISBN 1592132944.