Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption by Simon Pirani

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Simon Pirani

272 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative slow-paced
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Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest i...

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