Peak Oil in Japan
Japan is not as dependent on oil as many other countries, due to energy conserving efforts and a rather frugal attitude. However, without cheap oil, Japan's export-oriented industry would be in serious trouble. Food imports will also become increasingly expensive, as we are already finding this fall.
I did a quick search on google and found over 50,000 hits for ピークオイル (peak oil). Here are the covers of a few books on the topic, published in Japanese over the past 2-3 years.
Jeremy Legget: Half Gone (2005) and Linda McQuaig: It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and Fight for the Planet (2004) are two titles that you can probably find in your local bookshop.
I did a quick search on google and found over 50,000 hits for ピークオイル (peak oil). Here are the covers of a few books on the topic, published in Japanese over the past 2-3 years.
Jeremy Legget: Half Gone (2005) and Linda McQuaig: It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and Fight for the Planet (2004) are two titles that you can probably find in your local bookshop.
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