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James Howard Kunstler ... [Goo?] [Posters]This Paperback Book item from Grove Press was reviewed on 7-Nov-2008. Search ISBN:0802142494 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century Reference Book. Classifications : General AAS Qualifying Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books Purple Politics Political Parties Specialty Stores Books Oil & Energy Industries & Professions Business & Investing Subjects Books . Click the following link to view the cover of The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century. Related topics: General AAS. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. Purple Politics. Political Parties. Specialty Stores. Books. Oil & Energy. Subjects. requestid: 12e48c66-4955-44d7-90e6-d211a85fbb39requestprocessingtime: 0.0687230000000000 salesrank: 4982 numberofitems: 1 packagedimensions: 94890106598 1) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. I don´t know what´s scarier; the doomsday scenarios laid out in this book that totally ignore and/or dismiss the human ability to overcome problems, or that this was assigned reading at my University. In the first five pages of the book, the author basically admits he is a member of the "die-off" crowd; the crowd that believes we are rapidly running out of oil and that civilization will self-destruct in our lifetime. He thinks that vast portions of the population will die off because the oil-free Earth cannot support them, that the United States will break up into regional territories, that we will be forced to revert back to 19th century pre-industrialized ways, (with maybe a few exceptions in medical knowledge retained) and that the suburbs will be abandoned and become the new slums, unfit for human habitation. He mocks those who believe that humanity will find another source (or sources) of transportation power. He is definitely skewing the argument in his favor, sometimes completely ignoring developments, such as advancing hybrid technology, and rapidly developing plug-in cars such as the Volt that GM is working on. You can´t really blame him, though. Alarmism is the way to sell books. Would this book sell worth a darn if it were titled "The Temporary, Passing Emergency?" No. But, it´s not all doom-and-gloom rubbish. I agree with him when he says that we need to get over our stupid fear of the nuclear boogeyman and start ramping up nuclear power again. The French get most of their power from nuclear; why aren´t we? Has anyone in the United States EVER died from a nuclear power plant accident? (No!)
2) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. This book gives a lot of interesting historical and current information, but is a little too "doom and gloom" and repeats thoughts a little too much and also is too emotional for a nonfiction book. However, hopefully enough people will take notice of the message and start doing things differently.¤ 3) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. Kunstler has formulated a vision of the future that is very frightening to those of us who have only known a cheap-oil world. The problem is not just global warming, but the breakdown of just about every product and service that we have come to rely on. The analysis of just how much we depend on fossil fuels is alone worth the purchase price.
4) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. I´m posting this mid-October 2008, in the midst of the global financial crisis. Here´s a phophetic excerpt from The Long Emergency that was written in mid-2004:
5) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. This book is long on illustrating a make-believe world that the author desires, and short on facts.
6) Paperback Book The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by Grove Press. James Howard Kunstler´s The Long Emergency was an underground hit, going into nine printings of the hardcover edition. His shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders and was the subject of much debate, stimulating discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels. Now in paperback, with a new afterword, The Long Emergency is set to reach an even larger audience. ¤The last two hundred years have seen the greatest explosion of progress and wealth in the history of mankind, much of it based on the exploitation of cheap, nonrenewable fossil-fuel energy. But the oil age is at an end. Life as we know it is about to change radically, and much sooner than we think. The Long Emergency tells us just what to expect after we pass the point of global peak oil production and the honeymoon of affordable energy is over, preparing us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale. Riveting and authoritative, The Long Emergency is a devastating indictment that brings new urgency and accessibility to the critical issues that will shape our future, and that we can no longer afford to ignore. Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 5-Dec-2008, 08021424949780802142498, 040-940-060-970-3X0-820-731-8
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