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The Race For What's Left: The Global Scramble For The World's Last Resources (2012)

by Michael T. Klare(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0805091262 (ISBN13: 9780805091267)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Metropolitan Books

review 1: Peak oil has been proven wrong, right? Klare and I aren't convinced. These newly discovered reserves almost always come from more remote, more dangerous, and more environmentally sensitive areas of the world which means that they are far more expensive to extract than conventional supplies. The ultimate reason that the global economy has stalled out is that its engine is literally running out of gas.
review 2: This is a frightening book. I've long known that resource depletion was a serious problem, but seeing the data makes it clear how little time we have left. Resource wars are already being fought. It's just a matter of time before major nations join the battle. With America consuming so much of the world's resources, other nations are going to start pr... moreoclaiming us to be an enemy of the continuation of the human species. less

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