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Title: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 0802142494
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Publicate Date: 2006-03-02
Publish: 2006-03-02
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The Long Emergency
An excellent argument that we are at or approaching the peak oil production plateau, and speculates on the drastic future we may expect. Well done. Provokes a lot of thought about how one should adapt to eventually intolerable circumstances!
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2: Have a box of tissue handy
This is an important book that every thinking person should read. It will never be a musical.
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3: Another Cassandra calling
Kunstler offers much vallid research and seems to make sense about the immediate future. Unfortunately, his credibility drops to 50% when he gives an obviously pro-Israeli view of the Middle East and Israel's problems. His view of it makes it clear that he is a Jew (as am I) and he is clouded by bias. That bias undermines the validity of his book, in my opinion.
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4: The future is grim, but hopefully not this grim
Wow, this book is a punch in the stomach for energy-addicted countries, especially the United States. The week I finished this book, oil increased 10$ a barrel in one day. Even if you do not believe everything in this book, the basic premise is sound- an one echoed increasingly by many decision makes and politcos that are not living in a fantasy world of their own concoction- that we as a country, as a world civilization, better get ready for post peak oil world. And if we don't start making hard choices soon, the we are in a world of pain, not to much later.
Wake up and smell the coffee, humans. The future is coming at us fast.
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5: A Wake Up Call
This is a must read for anyone who wants to know how to survive the coming global financial meltdown. Kunsler shocks you into reality making you aware of the awful mess our planet and our governments are in.
We are now searching for a property where we can survive off the grid where we grow our vegetables and live without reliance on others to supply our basics. This shoud be compulsory reading for all.
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