The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First CenturyA “frightening and important” look at our unsustainable future (Time Out Chicago). A controversial hit that has sparked debate among business leaders, environmentalists, and others, The Long Emergency is an eye-opening look at the unprecedented challenges we face in the years ahead, as oil runs out and the global systems built on it are forced to change radically. From the author of The Geography of Nowhere, it is a book that “should be read, digested, and acted upon by every conscientious U.S. politician and citizen” (Michael Shuman, author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age). |
Contents
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GEOPOLITICS AND THE GLOBAL OIL PEAK | 61 |
WHY ALTERNATIVE FUELS | 100 |
CLIMATE CHANGE EPIDEMIC | 147 |
THE HALLUCINATED ECONOMY | 185 |
LIVING IN THE LONG EMERGENCY | 235 |
EPILOGUE | 309 |
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