Earth wars the battle for global resources /

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Main Author: Hiscock, Geoff
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals
  • Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map
  • The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers
  • Food and water : where the rivers run
  • "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims
  • Old coal still burning brightly
  • Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world
  • New energy--clean, green, and expensive
  • Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love
  • Finding steel's essential ingredients
  • U.S. energy : hail to the shale
  • Japan after the deluge
  • BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC
  • The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico
  • What happens next : a host of global opportunities
  • Conclusion : a world so changed.