Burning up: a global history of fossil fuel consumption

Introduction

Part I. Contexts. Fossil fuels before 1950

Energy technologies

Energy in society

Fossil fuel consumption in numbers

Part II. Chronologies. The 1950s and 1960s : post-war boom

The 1970s : crises and oil price shocks

Patterns of electrification

The 1980s : recession and recovery

The 1990s : shunning the global warming challenge

The 2000s : acceleration renewed

Part III. Reflections. Interpretations and ideologies

Possibilities

Conclusions

Appendices. Appendix 1. Measuring environmental impacts, energy flows and inequalities

Appendix 2. Additional figures and tables.