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Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - D Books - Goodreads

Apocalyptic fans will love this non-fiction read, unless of course you are strictly only into fictional writing that must have some amount of gore. This book is about the possible outcomes of living ... Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Eric - Goodreads

OK, I think i'm done with the "end of the world" books for a while... back to ignorant bliss. Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Patrick L. - Goodreads

With no mistake, this book is certainly a guide for the present, because it concentrates more about the future. James Howard Kunstler, wrote a book in order to warn us about what is supposed to come ... Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Jeff Crunk - Goodreads

The party could end this badly. It depends on variables Kunstler does not see as variables, such as timely energy substitutes and market stability during primary energy transition. The book should temper blind optimism. Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Anthony - Goodreads

Good important read but a bit on the over negative side. I would prefer equal time on the speculation and conjecture and not have it all be doomsday. Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - jonah grace - Goodreads

The 'Long Emergency,' according to Kuntsler, is the outcome of the convergence of three issues: (1) peak oil, environmental change, and (3) economic crisis. In his book, he argues that dependence on ... Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Craig Werner - Goodreads

Polemical but if you get past the frequently annoying rhetoric, Kunstler's convincing. We're in denial about the depletion of petroleum-based cheap energy, and the bill's about to come due. The fact ... Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Shawn - Goodreads

it was scarey and had lots of good facts about the trouble we are in but i did not really learn any thing new or leave with much of an action plan. Maybe that is because there is noting we can do but i hope not. Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Faye Conley - Goodreads

To long and boring i will try later. Read full review

Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

User Review  - Quinton - Goodreads

Interesting. It's a bit of a doomsday book, provoking fear, without generating much hope for the future, but it's enlightening nonetheless. The History of oil was quite fascinating, and his ... Read full review


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