Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines
Written by Richard Heinberg
Narrated by Edward Dalmas
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About this audiobook
Peak Everything addresses many of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will have to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. This latest book from Richard Heinberg, author of three of the most important books on Peak Oil, touches on the most important aspects of the human condition at this unique moment in time.
A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book tells how we might make the transition from the Age of Excess to the Era of Modesty with grace and satisfaction, while preserving the best of our collective achievements. A must-read for individuals, business leaders and policy makers who are serious about effecting real change.
About the author: Richard Heinberg is the author of nine books and is widely regarded as one of the world's most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, he exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future.
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Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg is the author of thirteen previous books, including The Party's Over, Powerdown, Peak Everything, and The End of Growth. He is Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world's most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. He lives in Santa Rosa, CA.
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Reviews for Peak Everything
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heinberg has written a very different sort of 'peak oil' book with Peak Everything. Rather than focusing on the technical issues- e.g. when certain events are likely to occur, economic and political impacts etc- he's decided to look at it all from a social and historical perspective, which is the sort of thing I'm more interested in. So there are chapters on how technology controls us, the effect of fossil fuels and consumerist philosophy on art and architecture, the psychology of peak oil and climate change and the power of language. I was particularly fascinated by Heinberg's brief outlines of recent history, and how the energy provided by fossil fuels can be seen as responsible for almost all aspects of society- including movements like feminism (described by Heinberg as "an inevitable byproduct" of the need to continue economic expansion and keep consumerism going), and how the baby boomer generation turned out. Unsurprisingly, this isn't the happiest of books- I can't imagine an informative book on the near future of civilisation being so- with the exception of the rather inspiring chapter 50 Million Farmers, though even that may be looked at in a depressing manner by some. But Heinberg gives the reader a lot of food for thought, and, while he never tries to deny the fact that this is all very depressing stuff, his generally sympathetic, friendly tone always reminds you that you're not alone in this. Peak Everything certainly isn't a book for those new to the peak oil issue, and the issues that always come with it, but for those looking for a less technical, more philosophical look at it, this is highly recommended reading.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this book changed my life trajectory for the better. 5 stars
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whilst it would be easy to dismiss Richard Heinberg as a grumpy pastoralist who wishes us all to return to the land, he does raise many valid points about modern society's reliance on cheap energy and the token dismissal of future energy problems being solved by the vague cloud of "technology".I do however feel his love of primitive peoples undermines some of his arguments. Whilst the series of essays has some good material in terms of Peak Oil, evolution of modern society and America's post ww2 boom, there's some curveballs in there. One such example is as a "letter from the future" which takes an otherwise non fiction book straight into the realm of speculative fiction and just feels out of place; it almost reads as a blurb of a teen dystopian novel.Overall, it's not a bad book on the topic of society's decline but I wouldn't be rushing out for a copy.