Peak Everything, Richard Heinberg
Peak Everything, Richard Heinberg
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Peak Everything
Waking Up to the Century of Declines

Author: Richard Heinberg

Narrator: Edward Dalmas

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/28/2011

Synopsis

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.Published by Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Distrubited by Big Happy Family LLC.

About Richard Heinberg

Richard Heinberg is the author of books including Blackout: Coal, Climate, and the Last Energy Crisis; Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines; and The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse. He has authored numerous essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as Nature, the Ecologist, and Public Policy Research, and has appeared in many film and television documentaries, including Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour. Richard is a recipient of the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on November 14, 2011

Another grumpy pastoralist who wants us all to "return to the farm" where we'll find satisfaction in folk guitar music and lentil-based entrees. Heinberg rings all the proper alarm bells (oil depletion + climate change + garbage + population = major bummer for life on Earth) but swerves into tedious......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on September 22, 2009

Richard Heinberg ushered me into my awareness of Peak Oil several years ago with Party's Over (see my favorites shelf), which is a traumatic experience for many thoughtful people. Since my interest has been waning for some months, I thought it was do-or-die time for another Heinberg book, Peak Every......more

Goodreads review by John on January 25, 2010

In a series of essays, Heinberg calls us to action on various aspects of the problem that our energy addiction is causing and will cause in the near future. Solving this problem is, of course, critical, and Heinberg has a good voice for shedding light on the nature of the problem. I was greatly agit......more

Goodreads review by Greg on March 22, 2014

A sobering preview of the hard road ahead and the over-consumption that will have led us to that fate. The "letter from 2107" is fascinating. It could well be too late to change our lifestyles, or prepare ourselves for the century of declines and the hardships this will bring. However, this book is a......more

Goodreads review by John on September 29, 2024

This was a frustrating read inasmuch as it consists of a long sermon addressed to the choir. Anyone who is a denier of peak oil will not only dismiss the author's rhetoric outright but is unlikely to even pick up this book to begin with. Heinberg's 2007 predictions significantly overstate our realit......more

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