Yes, I'm a noveau hippie...
I read an amazing book today and it really got me thinking about the state of affairs in the world. I mean really, we're heading down a very dark path.
I'm not trying to be a fatalist here, i'm actually quite the optimist in person but if one took a realistic look at everything going on at the moment it presents a pretty bleak image of the future. There is so, so much happening that should be stopped-from the biggies like global warming,the global energy crisis and the depleating fish stocks to atrocities and repression like Aceh, East Timor and Tibet and..well i could go on an on really.
I think that it's really shocking that many of these issues are not more prominent in the media, if if they are, it is presented in an out of context or one sided way. As humans we really can't afford to be oblivious to the many social and environmental issues around. These will only grow to become even worse problems in the future.
So, getting back to the book I read- it was called "Half Gone-Oil,Gas,Hot air and the Global Energy Crisis" and dealt with a pretty serious subject. I was expecting a pretty dry and statistics filled book but the author Jeremy Legget was absolutely hilarious! Legget is incredibly informative and presents clear data (yes, with lots of statistics..) that is very well cited with about 40 pages of references! This is the book to read if you want to learn all about our depleting energy resources and the havoc the use of these fossil fuels is having on our environment (not the least of all Global Warming).
The author has a great sense of humor and i dont think i nodded off at all reading this book- and that is reading mind numbing info like "$13 to $34...500 mllion barrels..."
The various players in the stage is ingeniously dubbed "the Empire of Oil" and the industrial revolution="the Great Addiction" while the carbon era is "the Great Cook-Up" and America? it is "Number One Nation State" (of course)
as funny as it is though, this book is FACT and doesn't rely on bashing or one sided rants (i.e Michael Moore) to sell his book, the 40 pages of citations should be evidence enough of it's credibility. I hope to read more from this author in the future-he's right up there with Noam Chomsky..Jared Diamond- basically the greatest thinkers of the modern world.
I'm not trying to be a fatalist here, i'm actually quite the optimist in person but if one took a realistic look at everything going on at the moment it presents a pretty bleak image of the future. There is so, so much happening that should be stopped-from the biggies like global warming,the global energy crisis and the depleating fish stocks to atrocities and repression like Aceh, East Timor and Tibet and..well i could go on an on really.
I think that it's really shocking that many of these issues are not more prominent in the media, if if they are, it is presented in an out of context or one sided way. As humans we really can't afford to be oblivious to the many social and environmental issues around. These will only grow to become even worse problems in the future.
So, getting back to the book I read- it was called "Half Gone-Oil,Gas,Hot air and the Global Energy Crisis" and dealt with a pretty serious subject. I was expecting a pretty dry and statistics filled book but the author Jeremy Legget was absolutely hilarious! Legget is incredibly informative and presents clear data (yes, with lots of statistics..) that is very well cited with about 40 pages of references! This is the book to read if you want to learn all about our depleting energy resources and the havoc the use of these fossil fuels is having on our environment (not the least of all Global Warming).
The author has a great sense of humor and i dont think i nodded off at all reading this book- and that is reading mind numbing info like "$13 to $34...500 mllion barrels..."
The various players in the stage is ingeniously dubbed "the Empire of Oil" and the industrial revolution="the Great Addiction" while the carbon era is "the Great Cook-Up" and America? it is "Number One Nation State" (of course)
as funny as it is though, this book is FACT and doesn't rely on bashing or one sided rants (i.e Michael Moore) to sell his book, the 40 pages of citations should be evidence enough of it's credibility. I hope to read more from this author in the future-he's right up there with Noam Chomsky..Jared Diamond- basically the greatest thinkers of the modern world.
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