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Author:   Herbert Inhaber
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9781567201208

ISBN 10:   1567201202
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   23 July 1997
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Fundamentals of Why Energy Conservation Fails Strange Terminology Psychology of Energy Conservation Mathematics of Energy Conservation Petroleum and Gasoline In the Comics Marxism and Energy Conservation Environment, Pollution and Recycling What Stanley Jevons Found Fast Forward to the Past How the Government Does Crime and Conservation Public Utilities The Question of Waste The Economic Aspect Selling Energy Conservation Resource Depletion Workers and Energy Conservation Examples They Don't Want You to Hear About The International Scene Morality, Politics, and Energy Conservation Food and Energy Conservation Where Do We Go from Here? Annotated Bibliography Index

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?Why Energy Conservation Fails is, in many ways, the most readable book on economics you will ever read. It is so innovative and fascinating in its approach that it is a page-turner.?-Environment and Climate News

Author Information

HERBERT INHABER is President, Risk Concepts, an energy consulting firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also a Research Scientist at the Harry Reid Research Center at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. A Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the American Nuclear Society, he has published about 140 scientific papers in such journals as Nature and Science and five books, including How Rich Is Too Rich? (Praeger, 1992).

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