The Poverty of Power
Energy and the Economic Crisis
Commoner, Barry
Publisher: Bantam, New York, USA
Year Published: 1976
Pages: 297pp Dewey: 621.3745
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6499
Commoner argues that the environmental, energy, and economic crises are interconnected. The industries that use the most energy have the highest negative impact on the environment; the focus on non-renewable resources as sources of energy means those resources are growing scarce, thus pushing up the price of energy and hurting the economy. These problems can ultimately be addressed only by replacing capitalism with socialism.
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