Efnisyfirlit

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Units of Measurement
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I: Contexts
• 1. Fosil Fuels Before 1950
• 2. Energy Technologies
• 3. Energy in Society
• 4. Fossil Fuel Consumption in Numbers
• Part II: Chronologies
• 5. The 1950s and 1960s: Post-war Boom
• 6. The 1970s: Crises and Oil Price Shocks
• 7. Patterns of Electrification
• 8. The 1980s: Recession and Recovery
• 9. The 1990s: Shunning the Global Warming Challenge
• 10. The 2000s: Acceleration Renewed
• Part III: Reflections
• 11. Interpretations and Ideologies
• 12. Possibilities
• 13. Conclusions
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: Measuring Environmental Impacts, Energy Flows and Inequalities
• Appendix 2: Additional Figures and Tables
• Notes
• Further Reading and Bibliography
• Index