Are We Asking the Right Questions to Guide Our Descent From the 2007 Oil Peak?

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dc.contributor.authorCairns, John Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T02:36:20Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-23T02:36:20Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractPeak oil may have been reached in 2007, if so; a new source of energy will be needed. Coal would be a poor substitute as it produces twice as many greenhouse gas emissions when burnt, and biofuels have huge drawbacks, as expected when food is converted to fuel. Ethics and morals should have a major impact on the policies aiding the transition from peak oil to the eventual much reduced per capita energy consumption. Decision makers must have does humankind have a _right to endanger posterity by continuing profligate use of fossil energy?en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24965en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/cairnsdescent.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpeak oilen
dc.subjectalternate energy resourcesen
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissionsen
dc.titleAre We Asking the Right Questions to Guide Our Descent From the 2007 Oil Peak?en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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