Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
by Pfeiffer, Dale Allen
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- Paperback
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- Used; Good
- ISBN 10
- 0865715653
- ISBN 13
- 9780865715653
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Synopsis
The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot continue in a world of diminishing hydrocarbon resources. Eating Fossil Fuels examines the interlinked crises of energy and agriculture and highlights some startling findings.
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- Bookseller
- Greener Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1827006
- Title
- Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
- Author
- Pfeiffer, Dale Allen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0865715653
- ISBN 13
- 9780865715653
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Date Published
- 01/10/2006
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