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The Long Descent: A User's Guide To The End Of The Industrial Age (2008)

by John Michael Greer(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0865716099 (ISBN13: 9780865716094)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

New Society Publishers

review 1: People assume that "life after peak oil" will fall into either of two scenarios: technology will eventually prevail, or armaggedon is imminent. Neither is likely. Greer explains eloquently why people are embrace these two extremes. Using a world view of economics, sociology and psychology, he calmly lays out the more probable scenarios. To say that history repeats itself would miss the point. It's more a matter of life goes on, but never stays the same; and nothing ever continues in the same direction indefinitely. This book is a "must read" for anyone interested in civilization, ecomonics, the environment, the next 100 years, why people hold firmly onto their singular beliefs about all of the above.
review 2: Because of both my interests in Pagan spirituality ... moreand in permaculture with concerns about a future without cheap oil, I decided I should read at least on book on the topic of life after peak oil. It was not as tedious to read as I expected, and much less doom and gloom than other book on the same topic. He also gives some practical advice on survival, none of which is easy by any stretch of the imagination. But as we all know, life doesn't have to be easy to be well lived. less

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