@article{859219, recid = {859219}, author = {Pirani, Simon,}, title = {Burning up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption /}, pages = {xiv, 255 pages :}, abstract = {Recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid-twentieth century, Dispelling explanations foregrounding individual consumption and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social, and economic systems, and that these systems much change. --From publisher description.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/859219}, }