Eating Fossil Fuels Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture

Name: Eating Fossil Fuels Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
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ISBN: 9780865715653

ISBN-10: 0865715653

ISBN-13: 9780865715653

Edition: 2006

Authors: Dale Allen Pfeiffer

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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: The worldwide expansion of agriculture has appropriated fully 40 percent of the photosynthetic capability of this planet. The Green Revolution provided abundant food sources for…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Dale Allen Pfeiffer is a novelist, freelance journalist and geologist who has been writing about energy depletion for a decade. The author of The End of the Oil Age, he is also widely known for his web project: survivingpeakoil.com.



Foreword



Introduction


Food = Energy + Nutrients


Land Degradation


Water Degradation


Eating Fossil Fuels


The End of the Oil Age


The Collapse of Agriculture


The Next "Green Revolution"


Building a Sustainable Agriculture


Twelve Fun Activities for Activists


Conclusion