Oil and security : a world beyond petroleum / Ernst Gabriel Frankel.
"This book examines the economic impact of changes in the global demand and supply for fossil fuels both on the major producers in Middle Eastern countries around the Persian Gulf, other producers, as well as the world at large. The economic, social and political life of most countries is not o...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht, Netherlands :
Springer,
c2007.
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| Series: | Topics in safety, reliability, and quality ;
v. 12. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "This book examines the economic impact of changes in the global demand and supply for fossil fuels both on the major producers in Middle Eastern countries around the Persian Gulf, other producers, as well as the world at large. The economic, social and political life of most countries is not only intimately linked to and influenced by the energy market but also affected by historical developments. Among other issues, it shows how the economic, social and political development of societies in Arabia, the peoples of the Arab Peninsula are influenced by their historic and cultural environment, and what the future may bring to this region when their principal economic assets, petroleum and gas, start to lose markets as alternative sources of fossil fuel, alternative, and renewable energy supply the bulk of global energy needs. It also describes how changing fossil fuel costs, access, security of supply, and environmental impacts may affect future economic, social, and political developments as well as technological advances and changes in priorities."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | "Towards the demise of the unreliable and risk prone use of solid and liquid fossil fuel and the development of a sustainable world energy system which assures environmental quality and an equitable socio-economic system.". Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 p.)) : ill. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281118451 1402063822 (Internet) 1402063822 9781281118455 9781402063824 (Internet) 9781402063824 |