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210122s2021 sz ab b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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9783030502942 (pbk.) |
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3030502945 (pbk.) |
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(OCoLC)1227304630 |
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HD9502.A2 |
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K48 2021 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
King, Carey Wayne, |
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1974- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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The economic superorganism : |
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beyond the competing narratives on energy, growth, and policy / |
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Carey W. King. |
| 246 10 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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Beyond the competing narratives on energy, growth, and policy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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Cham, Switzerland : |
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Springer, |
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c2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xx, 466 p. : |
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ill., map. |
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| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Narratives and The Data -- 1 Energy and Economic Narratives -- 2 Energy and Food: The Megatrend of Megatrends -- 3 The Energy Narratives: Fossil Fuels versus Renewables -- 4 Other Megatrends -- 5 Systems Thinking for Energy and the Economy: Size and Structure -- 6 Macromodel on the Wall, How Does Growth Occur, After All? -- 7 Summary of U.S. Energy and Economic Trends -- 8 A Narrative that Works for Both Energy and Economics -- 9 Delusions of Control -- 10 Scenarios and Trends of The Future -- References -- A Appendix -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Energy drives the economy, economics informs policy, and policy affects social outcomes. Since the oil crises of the 1970s, pundits have debated the validity of this sequence, but most economists and politicians still ignore it. Thus, they delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs and constraints on economic policies that address such pressing contemporary issues as income inequality, growth, debt, and climate change. To understand why, Carey King explores the scientific and rhetorical basis of the competing narratives both between and within energy technology and economics. Energy and economic discourse seems to mirror Newton's 3rd Law of Motion: For every narrative there is an equal and opposite counter-narrative. The competing energy narratives pit fossil fuels against renewable technologies such as wind and solar. Both claim to provide secure, reliable, clean, and affordable energy to support economic growth with the most benefit to society, but how? To answer this question, we need to understand the competing economic narratives, techno-optimism and techno-realism. Techno-optimism claims that innovation overcomes any physical resource constraints and enables the social outcomes and economic growth we desire. Techno-realism, in contrast, states that no matter what energy technologies we use, feedbacks from physical growth on a finite planet constrain economic growth and create an uneven distribution of social impacts. In The Economic Superorganism, you will discover stories, data, science, and philosophy to guide you through the arguments from competing narratives on energy, growth, and policy. You will be able to distinguish the technically possible from the socially viable, and understand how our future depends on this distinction. "Carey King has produced a very valuable overview of energy issues, together with their economic, social, general business and financial implications." Professor Michael Jefferson, ESCP Europe Business School, Former Chief Economist, The Royal Dutch/Shell Group "The Economic Superorganism is a deep meditation on the facts and fictions around energy, food, economic and climate systems past and future. King has a deductive approach that assumes nothing but intelligence." |
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Energy policy. |
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Energy industries. |
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Sustainable development. |
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Books |
