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

by Dale Allen Pfeiffer

Book Overview

A shocking outline of the interlinked crises in energy and agriculture -- and appropriate responses

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 US show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot continue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865715653
• ISBN13: 9780865715653
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: New Society Publishers - New Society Publishe
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"