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Summary: Suprisingly Good and Informative
Review: I think this book deserves five stars. Innovative!! I bought three copies for my family. I hope they read their copies.I am scientist and engineer and think I understand what (the authors) are trying to do. What they are doing is not new. We all understand that the earth's resources are finite. And this is not a doomsday book. It is a book that presents a variety of forward projecting computer calculations and graphs outlining or predicting the consumption and availability of the earth's resources based on a variety of assumptions. A big "what if" spread sheet - if you like. The idea of doing this is a great idea and it gives a lot of food for thought, especially to provoke more thought on natural fuel reserves and similar ideas. It is a good book to stimulate ideas and conservation even if you do not agree with every projection. I hate to confess but I have been working in the field for many years, and shockingly - there have been very few changes, just more and at a higher rate of consumption. Good reference material, and maybe it will make people come up with innovations and solutions. I hate those land fill garbage dumps and the natural gas will be gone too soon!!! Jack in Toronto
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Summary: What gives?
Review: So, these guys write this book in 1972 telling us how the sky is falling and it's all going to end in probably 20 years because we're all a bunch of greedy capitalist pigs.
So, they're wrong about their predictions and they come back about 30 years later to try to scare people again?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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Summary: head out of the sand
Review: This is well written and informative book. One of the best things about it - is that the authors make a concerted effort to make their views and information understandable to the average person. I am not an economist, and much of an intellectual at all but this book grabbed me, like a steven king novel, and I stayed up all night reading. Pretty amazing for a nonfiction book about economics! Like the afore mentioned novel, the book has a heartwrenching climax - and no clean and easy happy ending. (neither does King...)
But this book isn't for everyone - it advocates change - and not too many people want to give up their SUVS or a few creature comforts over something intangible like future generations.. So it's easier to ignore this book, and keep your head in the sand than go against almost insurmountable odds..
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Summary: head out of the sand
Review: This is well written and informative book. One of the best things about it - is that the authors make a concerted effort to make their views and information understandable to the average person. I am not an economist, and much of an intellectual at all but this book grabbed me, like a steven king novel, and I stayed up all night reading. Pretty amazing for a nonfiction book about economics! Like the afore mentioned novel, the book has a heartwrenching climax - and no clean and easy happy ending. (neither does King...)
But this book isn't for everyone - it advocates change - and not too many people want to give up their SUVS or a few creature comforts over something intangible like future generations.. So it's easier to ignore this book, and keep your head in the sand than go against almost insurmountable odds..
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