Eating Fossil Fuels

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.

שנה

2006

שפה

English

הוצאה

New Society Publishers

מהדורות

2

עמודים

128

ISBN

9780865715653

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata