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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Your search:Books»The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century(39 available copies)
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 3/2/2006
ISBN-13:9780802142498ISBN:0802142494
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142498ISBN:0802142494
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very clean book, minor shelf wear on bottom of book. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 324 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142498ISBN:0802142494
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 324 p. Audience: General/trade. Brand new. Will ship immediately. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142498ISBN:0802142494
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. coffee cup circular stain on front cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 324 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142498ISBN:0802142494
Description: Near Fine; Page edge sharp. 0802142494. 0.94 x 8.9 x 5.98 Inches; 336 pages; James Howard Kunstler's The Long Emergency was an underground hit, going into nine printings of the hardcover edition. His shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders and was the subject of much debate, stimulating discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels. Now in paperback, with a new afterword, The Long Emergency is set to reach an even larger audience. ... read more
"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."
"When reading this book, I went through so many different emotions. It is depressing and can cause a lot of fear---how will we possibly live in a world without oil and cheap energy? Is there really anyway out of what he calls The Long Emergency? It really is though provoking. When you contrast his writings with those of prophecies for the tribulations of the Second Coming, there is a lot of cross over. When we read of wars and rumors of wars, it makes sense that it could easily be over oil, other resources or survival in a post energy world. He even brought up the fact that there are plenty of politicians who looked at the energy crisis through apocyliptic eyes---eyes of faith that God would provide. He compared them with politicians who just put the blinders on from ignorance or because they lack the courage to face reality and be the one to call for the wake up.
In the end, I am glad to have read it. My own personal soul searching left me with the feeling that the Creator of this world knew exactly how much of the various resources it would take to get humans through this life on earth. If we are on the downside of that bell curve, I think is says a lot about how close we are to the Great and Terrible Days ahead. Even still, it makes my dedication to recycling and conservation greater and my attention drawn to information and news about our energy prospects."
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