World Energy Crisis: A Reference Handbook

This handbook outlines the challenges and controversies of producing and consuming energy across the globe. David E. Newton's 338-page contribution to the ABC-Clio Contemporary World Issues series studies energy use and its sociopolitical and environmental impact.

The handbook is organized in seven chapters, plus a glossary and index. Background and History begins with energy production and consumption in antiquity and explains how the Industrial Revolution was fueled by the use of biomass fuels. The chapter provides useful energy unit conversions and metrics. Concurrent changes in society and the economy are also discussed. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions introduces the related concepts...