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The Long Emergency:
Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
by James Howard Kunstler
www.groveatlantic.com/grove/bin/wc.dll?groveproc~book~4185
The Long Emergency is one of the most frightening books about the future that you're likely to come across. It reviews the devastations of species extinctions, global climate change, peak oil, and other environmental damage. Kunstler lays out the issues starkly and argues that technology won't save us. The final, and most troubling, chapter describes what a post-petroleum society might look like: suburbia as we know it will end, and globalization will largely cease. Political strife, warfare, and even the breakup of the United States, are not out of the question. The Long Emergency is an important book, yet its pessimism is likely to turn many away. Hopefully, it is not a prophecy but rather a warning that can help us change course as we edge into a post-petroleum future.
Reviewed in Environmental Building News March 2006
Retail price: $14.00
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PublisherAtlantic Monthly Press |
Available as:book (paperback)
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