Peak oil, climate change, and China -- China and the capitalist world system -- Energy and the economy -- Peak oil -- Peak energy and the limits to global economic growth -- Peak energy and the limits to China's economic growth -- The crisis of the Chinese capitalism -- China and climate change...

Should current trends continue, China and India are widely expected to play leading roles in the world economy in the twenty-first century. However, the economic rise of China and India coincides with the decline of fossil fuels. There is growing consensus that the world's total oil production...