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Unearthed the economic roots of our environmental crisis

Title
Unearthed [electronic resource] : the economic roots of our environmental crisis / Kenneth M. Sayre.
Author
Sayre, Kenneth M., 1928-2022.
Publication
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 414 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Unearthed (Online)
Alternative Title
Unearthed (Online)
Subject
  • Ecological engineering
  • Energy dissipation > Environmental aspects
  • Entropy > Environmental aspects
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Energy conservation > Philosophy
  • Energy consumption > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-407) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Two laws of thermodynamics -- Entropy and disorder -- Life, negentropy, and biological feedback -- Ecosystems and top consumers -- Entropy trapped within the biosphere -- The rising tide of human energy use -- Economic production and its ecological consequences -- Technological solutions to ecological problems -- Replacing fossil fuel with clean energy -- History and theory of economic growth -- Why economic growth is considered a good thing -- Economics without continuing growth -- Desire for wealth in free-market economies -- Environmental and other ethics -- Typology of social values -- Ecologically destructive values -- Values for survival -- What can be done? What can one do?
LCCN
2010024338
OCLC
ssj0000631046
Author
Sayre, Kenneth M., 1928-2022.
Title
Unearthed [electronic resource] : the economic roots of our environmental crisis / Kenneth M. Sayre.
Imprint
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-407) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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