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Transport revolutions : moving people and freight without oil / Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society, c2010.Edition: Rev. and updated ed., [2nd ed.]Description: xiii, 433 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780865716605 (pbk.) :
  • 0865716609 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HE147.5 .G55 2010
Summary: Examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and its impacts, positive and negative. The authors then show, focusing on the US and China, how ample movement of people and freight could be sustained beyond 2025 with much reduced dependence on oil.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HE 147.5 .G55 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5141526

Previous ed.: London: Earthscan, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and its impacts, positive and negative. The authors then show, focusing on the US and China, how ample movement of people and freight could be sustained beyond 2025 with much reduced dependence on oil.

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