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

from kitamurdock

I gave this book 3 stars because I had a feeling while reading it that the author was pulling facts out of thin air. There's basically no appendix (if there is one, I can't remember) and yet the book is full of facts to support his thesis, which is basically that we are going to run out of oil an...

from corinneblackmer

This author's thesis is not difficult to grasp. As we face a dwindling supply of oil--and the fact that alternate forms of energy cannot fill the gap--our society will transform. The state will lose its monopoly on power, and, because long distances will not be negotiable (there will not be enoug...

from PhoenixTerran

What happens when the world runs out of oil? According to Kunstler, it won't be pretty. Or easy. In fact, it may be devastating, especially for nations that rely heavily and almost exclusively on the availability of cheap fuel. And what will make things worse is the advent of climate change, resi...

from mikeyarmo

Too much fear, not enough possible action. Also totally United States specific. At one point says many people will leave the country... but where will they go? Also the book deals solely with the oil shortage/peak oil surpassed scenario, and while it does mildly touch some other areas it is too n...

from emjayecks

Somewhat disconcerted by his antagonism towards "Islam" without any nuance whatsoever. This does not improve by the end of the book. Too little evidence/justification for his assumptions as was required.