{"product_id":"burning-up-9780745335612","title":"Burning Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of the excesses of capitalism's rampant fossil fuel consumption since 1950.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinarily ambitious, but arguably necessary task for our times'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul Warde, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e'Insightful, precise and well-written, Burning Up turns energy consumption on its head. Pirani fills a crucial gap left by a mountain of shiny but vacuous reports and not enough solid history ... Anybody fighting climate change should read this' -- Mika Minio-Paluello, campaigner at Platform London and co-author of The Oil Road: journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London (Verso, 2013)\u003cbr\u003e'This meticulous depiction of how fossil fuels are woven into our human systems - not only technological but also economic, social and political - is an invaluable aid to getting them back under control' -- Walt Patterson, author of Electricity vs Fire (2015)\u003cbr\u003e'Explains the technological, social and economic processes that have prioritised a particular way of satisfying society's demand for energy services' -- Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, UK, author of Global Energy Dilemmas (2013)\u003cbr\u003e'Burning Up is a vital contribution to the climate movement. A first step to organizing around its insights will be to ensure it is widely read in the movement, and by those whose lives will be affected by climate change' -- Climate and Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e'Recommended' -- CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This comprehensive book provides a modern history of global fossil fuel consumption. Authoritative and well researched, it provides a solid bedrock to understand the ins and outs of fuels'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Bright Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An essential tool for understanding fossil fuel consumption in terms of the vested interests who have benefited from it' \u003c\/p\u003e -- Ann Pettifor, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures\u003cbr\u003e  Tables\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Units of Measurement\u003cbr\u003e  Acronyms and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Contexts\u003cbr\u003e  1. Fossil Fuels Before 1950\u003cbr\u003e  2. Energy Technologies\u003cbr\u003e  3. Energy in Society\u003cbr\u003e  4. Fossil Fuel Consumption in Numbers\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Chronologies\u003cbr\u003e  5. The 1950s and 1960s: Post-War Boom\u003cbr\u003e  6. The 1970s: Crises and Oil Price Shocks\u003cbr\u003e  7. Patterns of Electrification\u003cbr\u003e  8. The 1980s: Recession and Recovery\u003cbr\u003e  9. The 1990s: Shunning the Global Warming Challenge\u003cbr\u003e  10. The 2000s: Acceleration Renewed\u003cbr\u003e  Part III: Reflections\u003cbr\u003e  11. Interpretations and Ideologies\u003cbr\u003e  12. Possibilities\u003cbr\u003e  13. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e  Appendices\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Further Reading and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404308783447,"sku":"9780745335612","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745335612.jpg?v=1730486053","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/burning-up-9780745335612","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}