عنوان

Profit from the peak :

شابک

0470127368

شابک

9780470127360

شماره

b712482

عنوان اصلي

Profit from the peak :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the end of oil and the greatest investment event of the century /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Brian Hicks, Chris Nelder.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Hoboken, N.J. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

J. Wiley & Sons,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2008.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xx, 364 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, charts ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes index.

متن يادداشت

I. THE CRISIS IN A BARREL. Dec. 2005: the month the devil wept his trillionth tear -- What is peak oil? Hubbert's Peak -- Types of oil -- Refining -- Oil prices -- Reserves revisions -- Importance of giant oil fields -- When is the peak? -- Exports -- Reserve replacement and deepwater drilling -- Differing projections -- Drilling like never before -- Infrastructure issues -- The bottom line on peak oil -- The hard truth -- Wanted: 5 new Saudi Arabias -- Global demand & population -- China & India -- Making up for depletion -- U.S. dependence -- Investment opportunities -- 480 dollars a barrel: the true value of oil -- Cheaper than water -- Draining the national coffers -- The true cost of oil -- Government subsidies -- Environmental costs -- Climate change cost -- Natural capital costs -- The Pentagon prepares for peak oil -- Reduce dependence on oil -- Reduce CO2 emissions -- Staunch the bleeding -- Invest heavily in renewables -- Policy recommendations -- Solar for China? -- II. MAKING MONEY FROM THE FOSSIL FUELS THAT ARE LEFT. Twilight for fossil fuels -- Natural gas -- Coal -- Diminishing returns and receding horizons -- Energy return on investment -- Global warming -- Tar sands: the oil junkie's last fix -- Oil shale.

متن يادداشت

III. ENERGY AFTER OIL. The renewable revolution -- Oil and gas executives want renewables -- World Bank financing -- Biofuels -- Endless energy: here comes the sun -- A short history of solar technologies -- The sky's the limit -- Photovoltaics takes center stage -- Grassroots momentum -- Investment opportunities -- Pressure cooker: tapping the earth's heat -- What is geothermal power? Benefits of geothermal power -- Explosive growth -- Investment opportunities -- Nuclear's second act -- Nuclear potential -- China and nuclear power -- Limits to nuclear power -- Investment opportunities -- What's needed: a Manhattan project for energy -- The importance of timely response -- Apollo Alliance -- Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems -- Gasoline taxes -- Negawatts -- Oil depletion protocol -- Replacing the fleet -- Combined heat and power -- Smart grids -- Wind energy -- Wave and tidal energy -- Relocalization -- The hydrogen economy -- A future electric -- The rail revolution, part 2 -- Electrified cars -- All-electric -- Why we're energy optimists -- A harsh reality -- Foresight is 2020 -- Never sell short humanity -- Appendices: Energy units and equivalences tables -- Top oil producers and peak production -- Energy mix charts.

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متن يادداشت

According to author Brian Hicks, we are facing the end of our oil-based economy. Not just the United States, but the world. But the coming oil crisis doesn't have to have_entirely negative implications. Profit from the Peak shows readers the potential upside to the end of oil and how this event can actually be a positive for investors. It will educate_investors on which companies and industries are best positioned to take advantage of the changing marketplace.

موضوع مستند نشده

Commodity futures.

موضوع مستند نشده

Energy industries.

موضوع مستند نشده

Petroleum industry and trade.

موضوع مستند نشده

Commodity futures.

موضوع مستند نشده

Energy industries.

موضوع مستند نشده

Petroleum industry and trade.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hicks, Brian,1968-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nelder, Chris,1964-

تاريخ عمليات

20201208030027.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y