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Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food And the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
Eating Fossil Fuels Oil Food And the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
Author: Dale Allen Pfeiffer
The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot continue in ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865715653
ISBN-10: 0865715653
Publication Date: 10/2006
Pages: 127
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Publisher: New Society Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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