TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Burning up :a global history of fossil fuel consumption / AU - Pirani, Simon, CN - HD9502.A2 CN - HD9502.A2 ID - 859219 KW - Fossil fuels KW - Fossil fuels KW - Fossil fuels KW - Energy consumption SN - 9780745335629 SN - 0745335624 SN - 9780745335612 SN - 0745335616 TI - Burning up :a global history of fossil fuel consumption / ER -