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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Marion Boyars
Publication date
January 1, 1974
Pages
96
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780714510576
ISBN-10
0714510572
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$15.40
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: A junkie without access to his stash is in a state of crisis. The 'energy crisis' that exists intermittently when the flow of fuel from unstable countries is cut off or threatened, is a crisis in the same sense. In this essay, Illich examines the question of whether or not humans need any more energy than is their natural birthright. Along the way he gives a startling analysis of the marginal disutility of tools. After a certain point, that is, more energy gives negative returns. For example, moving around causes loss of time proportional to the amount of energy which is poured into the transport system, so that the speed of the fastest traveller correlates inversely to the equality as well as freedom of the median traveller.
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Hardcover
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from Marion Boyars (January 1, 1974)
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Paperback
from Marion Boyars (March 1, 2001)
9780714510583 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $9.95
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