Energy and the Wealth of Nations: An Introduction to Biophysical Economics

by Charles A.S. Hall and Kent Klitgaard

Book Overview

Includes several new chapters and comprehensive updates addressing the implications of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), access to energy and social inequality, and climate science and planetary boundaries
Integrates energy and economics by combining natural and social sciences
Uses predictive tools and measures, such as EROI, to show how the economy is embedded in a biophysical world subject to scientific rules and constraints
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030097641
• ISBN13: 9783030097646
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 511 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.7" x 9.9"