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The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
April 5th 2007
by John Murray
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A book that everyone should read. The fact that Oil is running out affects almost every single aspect of modern life. When its gone, so many things will change. Even before it runs out, the costs will become so exponentially expensive that everyday commuting, shopping, holidays etc will be out of the range of everyone but the richest. The theories behind Peak Oil are so well established, I find it amazing that more is not being done by the worlds governments. But perhaps the current crisis’s in...more
The author's concrete solutions are weak, and weakly argued. But that takes nothing away from the book's remarkable achievement of helping to illustrate the magnitude of the challenges we face around transportation fuels.
The version I read (loaned to my by a neighbor) was four years old. I would love to see an update by the same author, given the big changes wrought by the great recession - in the U.S. alone, we've since seen peak VMT (vehicle miles traveled), massive commitment to engine effici...more
The version I read (loaned to my by a neighbor) was four years old. I would love to see an update by the same author, given the big changes wrought by the great recession - in the U.S. alone, we've since seen peak VMT (vehicle miles traveled), massive commitment to engine effici...more
Grim but fascinating reading. I knew something about this subject already but the author brings out some very interesting analysis like:
- the denialism at the time of Hubbert and how the language is similar today
- the current actions of oil companies taking greater and greater risks to secure the dwindling non-OPEC supplies
- the exaggerations of OPEC and their motives for doing so
- the actions of China in securing their energy supplies
- the Iranian situation
- the gross failure of economic theor...more
- the denialism at the time of Hubbert and how the language is similar today
- the current actions of oil companies taking greater and greater risks to secure the dwindling non-OPEC supplies
- the exaggerations of OPEC and their motives for doing so
- the actions of China in securing their energy supplies
- the Iranian situation
- the gross failure of economic theor...more
The last thing I needed to do was read yet another book about Peak Oil. I've been reading extensively about it since 2003. But I promised the publisher I would read it. So I finally did.
I'm glad I carried out my promise.
The Last Oil Shock is an excellent book. David Strahan has written an informative, insightful and, yes, even entertaining book that delves into the history and causes of Peak Oil, the various "cures" put forward by oil companies and others in Big Energy and Big Politics, and the...more
I'm glad I carried out my promise.
The Last Oil Shock is an excellent book. David Strahan has written an informative, insightful and, yes, even entertaining book that delves into the history and causes of Peak Oil, the various "cures" put forward by oil companies and others in Big Energy and Big Politics, and the...more
Frábær bók sem ALLIR ættu að lesa, því þetta er málefni sem kemur okkur öllum við. Margir gera sér sennilega ekki grein fyrir því en það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær olíubirgðir heimsins fara niður fyrir gróðvænlegt vinnslumark, og þá erum við öll í djúpum skít. Þessi bók fjallar um þetta mál á lifandi og skemmtilegan hátt og tekst einhvern veginn að vera bæði fræðandi og hræðandi á sama tíma, en um leið mjög skemmtileg aflestrar.
Sep 09, 2008
Michael Sund
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everbody with a descent interest in politics and enviroment
Interesting to learn how the oil industry puts a blind eye towards the fact oil is a limited resource. After reading the book I have learnt a lot I did not have a clue about before, and still I work for an seismic exploration company and thought I knew some of the business, so I can only imagine the ignorance in other groups (or the opposite as you never know the knowledge of the people).
The absolute most important message of the book - the last oil shock is bound to happend before 2020, and thi...more
The absolute most important message of the book - the last oil shock is bound to happend before 2020, and thi...more
Yes, this certainly gives food for thought. Something you have to read in this day and age, even if just to increase awareness of today's world economic systems.
Incredible story of the petroleum man. Get ready kids. Peak oil is here! Couldn't put it down.
The fell down of the oil price, didnt support the premises of this book ...
keren tapi yaoloh capeknyaaaa.
font-nya kecil, struktur kalimatnya panjang2, dilengkapi dg segala grafik dan data statistik yg langsung bikin keinget Macroeconomics-nya Gregory Mankiw.
analisanya detail sekali, tiap bab sangat2 padat dg angka dan data.
persis kaya baca paper ilmiah dimana pembahasannya panjang lebar tapi pas kesimpulan tinggal selembar. bab terakhirnya berisi langkah2 teknis dg referensi berbagai macam link sebagai tautan bantuan untuk doomsday preparation.
kapan2 yakin bakal dicari...more
font-nya kecil, struktur kalimatnya panjang2, dilengkapi dg segala grafik dan data statistik yg langsung bikin keinget Macroeconomics-nya Gregory Mankiw.
analisanya detail sekali, tiap bab sangat2 padat dg angka dan data.
persis kaya baca paper ilmiah dimana pembahasannya panjang lebar tapi pas kesimpulan tinggal selembar. bab terakhirnya berisi langkah2 teknis dg referensi berbagai macam link sebagai tautan bantuan untuk doomsday preparation.
kapan2 yakin bakal dicari...more
Very informative,
This book should be a must read for every american. It tells the true story of why we are in Iraq and gives a necessary education (backed up by factual documents) in the global struggle for resources. Most people have no idea how much trouble we're in!
Clear, easy to read and fairly easy going for a book about the coming end of the oil age. Everyone should read this book. Gordon Brown clearly hasn't.
Very interesting. A global perspective that's very thorough. Gives loads of information/statistics with a straight forward interpretation.
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