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| View Larger Image | The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
by James Howard Kunstler
| | List Price: | $23.00 | | Price: | $15.64 | | You Save: | $7.36 (32%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks | | | | | Sales Rank: | 10142 | | Studio: | Atlantic Monthly Press | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 320 | | Publication Date: | April 10, 2005 | | Publisher: | Atlantic Monthly Press |
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Book Description
With his classics of social commentary The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler has established himself as one of the great commentators on American space and place. Now, with The Long Emergency, he offers a shocking vision of a post-oil future. As a result of artificially cheap fossil-fuel energy, we have developed global models of industry, commerce, food production, and finance over the last 200 years. But the oil age, which peaked in 1970, is at an end. The depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels is about to radically change life as we know it, and much sooner than we think. The Long Emergency tells us just what to expect after the honeymoon of affordable energy is over, preparing us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale. Riveting and authoritative, The Long Emergency is a devastating indictment that brings new urgency and accessibility to the critical issues that will shape our future, and that we can no longer afford to ignore. It is bound to become a classic of social science. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 210 reviews)
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The Long Emergency 
An excellent argument that we are at or approaching the peak oil production plateau, and speculates on the drastic future we may expect. Well done. Provokes a lot of thought about how one should adapt to eventually intolerable circumstances!
August 09, 2008 | |
Have a box of tissue handy
This is an important book that every thinking person should read. It will never be a musical.
August 03, 2008 | |
Another Cassandra calling 
Kunstler offers much vallid research and seems to make sense about the immediate future. Unfortunately, his credibility drops to 50% when he gives an obviously pro-Israeli view of the Middle East and Israel's problems. His view of it makes it clear that he is a Jew (as am I) and he is clouded by bias. That bias undermines the validity of his book, in my opinion.
July 31, 2008 | |
The future is grim, but hopefully not this grim 
Wow, this book is a punch in the stomach for energy-addicted countries, especially the United States. The week I finished this book, oil increased 10$ a barrel in one day. Even if you do not believe everything in this book, the basic premise is sound- an one echoed increasingly by many decision makes and politcos that are not living in a fantasy world of their own concoction- that we as a country, as a world civilization, better get ready for post peak oil world. And if we don't start making hard choices soon, the we are in a world of pain, not to much later.
Wake up and smell the coffee, humans. The future is coming at us fast.
July 27, 2008 | |
A Wake Up Call
This is a must read for anyone who wants to know how to survive the coming global financial meltdown. Kunsler shocks you into reality making you aware of the awful mess our planet and our governments are in.
We are now searching for a property where we can survive off the grid where we grow our vegetables and live without reliance on others to supply our basics. This shoud be compulsory reading for all.
July 26, 2008 | |
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