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Paperback. Condizione: Good. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. 2012 ed. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Book in Very Good condition.

paperback. Condizione: Good. 2012th Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condizione: very_good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Gen Tech Rept RM- 184, 214 pp., Illus, Brn Illus Paperback, 4to, Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good reading copy. Binding is sound and tight, with no marginal notes. Pea-sized bit of adhesive residue on the front cover, and with some highlighting in yellow on just thirty-three of the books four hundred and fifty-nine pages (in a single chapter). Ships from NC. All books are sealed in plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (J-8.).…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books.

Paperback. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Copernicus, 2011. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new.

1996. North America, Native Americans. Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 284p., very good boards.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. Very Good: pen marks on 5 pages within pp 109-115, else straight and unmarked; light soil near spine front, else very clean. Large trade paperback, 4to, 8.5x11", iii, 214 pp. pp.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st. 480pp.; SC lt.brwn.w/blk.-pic.cover; some rub w/sun&soil on spine; clean,tight pgs. " .the research designs for the Farmington area evoved from an initial concern with how Puebloans used hinterland areas. " illus.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Name/date on half title page. Scratches and rubbing to covers. No underlining, notes or highlighting. z4.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.…

Paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. Reprint. Book - Paperback book. Book - The cover and pages show normal wear.

paperback. Condizione: fair. Columbia University Press, c.2003, 1st.trade paperbk.prtg., 459pp., glue showing at title-page, ow G $.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 2012 ed. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

Condizione: Good. LIGHTNING FAST SHIPPING! Paperback, in good condition. Pages have LOTS of scattered marks and notes, binding is good, cover is clean. A solid reading copy. ~ Ships Fast.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. L'effondrement des soci�t�s complexes: Nouvelle �dition. Book.

paperback. Condizione: New. New Inside and Out! Email for pictures.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1988. Journals, North America, Native Americans, Archaeological theory. United States Dept. of Agriculture/Forest Service. General Tech. Report RM 164. very good+ paperback/monograph 214p. 3/26 HHH.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.