'Power failures reveal a deep truth: the earth's resources are irrevocably finite'

Examines power failures and how they reveal that the western way of life cannot be replicated across the world until changes are made. Outrage over the blackout in New York City and much of the East coast; Why we have learned to think that our energy-intensive societies are normal; Belief that our w...

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Published in:	New Statesman Vol. 132; no. 4654; pp. 27 - 30
Format:	Abstract
Published:	New Statesman Ltd. 9/8/2003
Subjects:	Electric power Electric power failures Petroleum industry Natural resources Quality of life Ambition Western Hemisphere New York (N.Y.) Western Europe United States
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