Challenged by Carbon: The Oil Industry and Climate Change

by Bryan Lovell

Book Overview

Is there a low-carbon future for the oil industry? Faced with compelling new geological evidence, the petroleum industry can no longer ignore the consequences of climate change brought on by consumption of its products. Yet the global community will continue to burn fossil fuels as we manage the transition to a low-carbon economy. As a geologist, oil man, academic and erstwhile politician, Bryan Lovell is uniquely well placed to describe the tensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521145597
• ISBN13: 9780521145596
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"