About this title: The depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels is about to radically change life much sooner than anticipated. This title describes what to expect after the honeymoon of affordable energy is over, preparing readers for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781843544531ISBN:1843544539
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781843544531ISBN:1843544539
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Book
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781843544531ISBN:1843544539
Description: Very Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; In The Long Emergency, the distinguished commentator and analyst James Howard Kunstler explains what to expect after we pass the tipping point of peak oil production, and sets out to prepare us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale. Minor wear to the edges. Post Typically 1-2 days UK, 2-7 days Worldwide. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005-04-10
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780871138880ISBN:0871138883
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"the first chapter is worth five stars as a stand-alone invocation - and freer than any other part of his writing of verbal posturing.
i've heard the complaints about his style & self-regard & sure. But I've been reading clever men all my life - & this is one i'm grateful to for this passionate appreciation of the arc of entropy compounded by excess and ignorance. He's a good teacher as well - rooting his vision in just enough science for even someone like me to follow.
much of what humanity has done it has done innocently - it takes a nearly spiritual view of the world to resist the sense of entitlement that has shaped our world to an arena of disposability and waste - and it makes sense that the US, with so much space and natural wealth, would produce generations increasingly ignorant of the morality of conservation instead of more aware. It also makes sense that such a world would dovetail with the oldest and most savage strains of disregard for human dignity as well.
i've seen this book shake minds to their foundations, and given that our material foundations are about to crumble, that can't be a bad thing."
"The second part of Kunstler's tirade against oil that began in Geography of Nowhere, he completely lets loose in this book. It's amazing and refreshing that his outlook, although grim for the immediate future, is overall hopeful. He sees a better future for humanity after our liberation from fossil fuels. Brownie points for setting the post-oil utopia in Upstate NY! He also has one of the most unlikely, and accurate, pre-2008 recession predictions that the worldwide will bottom-out because of the overproduction of housing and the over-extension of credit. It's more interesting because he's not an economist, he just hates Home Depot!"
"Kunstler's analysis of our dependence on oil is sobering. He paints a bleak picture of what is likely to happen once cheap oil disappears, and his prediction is that we'll be in that predicament - permanently - sooner than most people realize. We got a taste of things to come during the summer of 2008. Kunstler warns that technology almost certainly won't be able to ride in on a white horse to save the day. The problem will be too devastating and widespread for technology to save us.
Cities like the one I live in, Phoenix, will be especially at risk because they rely on trucks and rail to deliver so many goods and agricultural products. Once oil rockets to exorbitant price levels, many people simply won't be able to afford to live in areas like Phoenix.
The Long Emergency was written nearly five years ago now, but don't be lulled into thinking all is well. Serious issues remain, and we probably will see more valleys than peaks for some time to come."
"Lots of interesting info and thoughtful dissection of what's likely to happen as we run out of the basic fuel that supports first-world industrial lifestyles: fossil fuels. I was all about this book until he starts to paint a picture of what different groups of humans will do as the stress mounts, based on their geography, ethnicity etc. His analysis at that point has so many glaring prejudices and ignorant assumptions that it's hard to not look at the first part of the book with some skepticism.
Still, he has a point that's worth paying attention to: no alternative fuel scheme that currently exists can replace our use of fossil fuels, and even if we immediately redirect all of our current fossil-fuel-based industrial systems towards inventing/building alternative-energy infrastructure, we might not have enough oil and gas left to rebuild along a sustainable model. The alternative is that we're going to have to scale back, drastically, or be left scrambling for bits and pieces of a disappearing resource -- the Iraq War times a thousand."
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