Publication
New Society Publishers (2008), Edition: 1St Edition, 288 pages
Description
A harrowing but ultimately hopeful vision of the aftermath of the age of oil.
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LibraryThing member kukulaj
I am a long time reader of Greer's blog. This book is pretty close to a collection of his blog posts - or maybe the blog posts were sections of the book as it was being written. The book does read quite smoothly and coherently - it does not read at all like a bunch of blog posts.
The basic argument
Just about every alive ought to read this book! It is not particularly brilliant or beautiful. But the perspective is of utmost importance.
The basic argument
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of the book is that the enormous expansion since the Industrial Revolution was driven primarily by the exploitation of fossil fuels. We are nearing the midpoint of the extraction process, so we are entering into a period of decline that will be of similar duration and magnitude as the expansion. Greer discusses several aspects of this transition, including the challenge of acknowledging it.Just about every alive ought to read this book! It is not particularly brilliant or beautiful. But the perspective is of utmost importance.
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LibraryThing member bibliosk8er
A book about peak oil and the possible future(s) resulting. Some ideas in here worth reading if you are interested in this kind of thing. Greer approaches things from a little different angle than many writers, based on his sort of quasi-mystical druid religion I would reckon -- he talks a lot
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about the stories or myths we (cultures) have and tell ourselves to make sense of the world. He manages to pull this off quite well, without making you think he is some guy who lives in the woods looking for elves and fairies (or is that faeries?). A good read. Show Less
Pages
288
ISBN
0865716099 / 9780865716094