Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller

An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores what the new global economy will look like and what it will mean for all of us.In a compelling and accessible style, Jeff Rubin reveals that despite the recent recessionary dip, oil prices will skyrocket again once the economy recovers The fact is, worldwide oil reserves are disappearing for good Consequently, the amount of food and other goods we get from abroad will be curtailed long distance driving will become a luxury and international travel rare Globalization as we know it will reverse The near future will be a time that, in its physical limits, may resemble the distant past.But Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a hopeful work about how we can benefit personally, politically, and economically from this new reality American industries such as steel and agriculture, for instance, will be revitalized As well, Rubin prescribes priorities for President Obama and other leaders, from imposing carbon tariffs that will increase competition and productivity, to investing in mass transit instead of car clogged highways, to forging green alliances between labor and management that will be good for both business and the air we breathe.Most passionately, Rubin recommends ways every citizen can secure this better life for himself, actions that will end our enslavement to chain store taste and strengthen our communities and timeless human values. New Download Kindle ePUB Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller author Jeff Rubin – kino-fada.fr Jeff Rubin GETS it From the very beginning of our energy relationship with the hydrocarbon, we have consistently failed to account for the environmental and social impacts of burning it Western countries in particular built consumer empires of fantasy fulfillment through conspicuous and inefficient consumption of oil, and through every periodic crisis of supply, we continue to believe the fiction that politics or technology was the bottleneck hampering its limitlessness.More recently, we bla Jeff Rubin GETS it From the very beginning of our energy relationship with the hydrocarbon, we have consistently failed t...Although this is yet another peak oil book, this one isn t all doom and gloom At least, not for those in developed countries Two things I particularly liked 1 The explanation of how rising oil prices are going to affect globalization Pretty much reverse it.2 The explanation of how, from a purely self...This is a generally good book about oil depletion and its economic effects I came to it already familiar with the concept of peak oil, but I think it is a good basic explanation of what peak oil is and what its effects will be.Rubin s take is that this is the end of globalization Suddenly, cheap plastic toys from China are going to get a lotexpensive, as China s labor advantage much less costly than American workers is overwhelmed by the disadvantage of transporting it We ll have to This is a generally good book about oil depletion and its economic effects I came to it already familiar with the concept of peak oil, but I think it is a good basic explanation of what peak oil is and what its effects will be.Rubin s take is that this is the end of globalization Suddenly, cheap plastic toys from China are going to get a lotexpensive, as China s labor advantage much...I read this only after reading his later book The End of Growth , where he continued to expound on the ideas and themes in this earlier work providing updates since then Though I was already familiar with the premise of oil scarcity resulting in the reversal of globalization, I did again enjoy Rubin s style of writing frank and candid, with an occasional flair for ironic humor I should say however, that this book provides awell rounded and comprehensive introduction to the underpinnin I read this only after reading his later book The End of Growth , where he continued to expound on the ideas and themes in this earlier work providing updates since then Though I was already familiar with the premise of oil scarcity resulting in the reversal of globalization, I did again enjoy Rubin s style of writing frank and candid, with an occasional flair for ironic humor I should say however, that this book provides awell rounded and comprehensive introduction to the underpinnings of the fossil fuel industry and how it all relates to global financial conditions, explaining clearly the link between cheap oil, low inflation, cheap credit and globalization of manufacturing and farming There were a few in depth d...An accessible and often engaging introduction for the layperson and I am definitely a layperson on these topics on the concept of peak oil and the effects that diminishing oil supplies will have on the world we live in, where cheap transportation costs have enabled a large degree of globalization There are some interesting tangents in the book, as we...Peak Oil If you have not heard the term, look it up and absorb all the information you can find, because in the next few decades, Peak Oil is going to drastically change the world as we know it.The thing I truly enjoyed about this book is that the author does not take a Gloom Doom outlook on Peak Oil and the end of Globalization According to him, as oil prices raise to insane levels, it will be the exact inspiration that we have needed to return to simple living and self sufficiency as Peak Oil If you have not heard the term, look it up and absorb all the information you can find, because in the next few decades, Peak Oil is going to drastically change the world as we know it.The thing I truly enjoyed about this book is that the author does ...A must read for sure I found this book to be both engaging and easy to read which is always a positive for non fiction It is a few years out of date, published in 2009, but I m sure Rubin is was spot on with his assessment...We can pretty much say that by 2100 oil resources will be exhausted where will the massive and growing energy inputs come from that are needed to drive global activity, outputs and civilization How can exponential economic growth be sustained Why is economic theory moving usrapidly towards collapse and, at worst, extinction One critical point the book thus fails to raise is that when the transitions and pain of depleting oil and other energy resources becomesprofound, then hist We can pretty much say that by 2100 oil resources will be exhausted where will the massive and growing energy inputs come from that are needed to drive global activity, outputs and civilization How can exponential economic growth be sustained Why is economic theory mo...a hopeful note about the declining availability of oil, a future to be embraced, not fearedAn engaging and entertaining book that suffers from repetition and some poorly thought out arguments, particularly in its second half, which feels a little gadfly ish Rubin does a good job of making some very complex issues the economic implications of peak oil pretty clear and overall achieves what he sets out to do, which is prove why localization rather than globalization is going to be the buzzword ...

• English
• 07 December 2017
Jeff Rubin
• Hardcover
• 304 pages
• 1400068509
• Jeff Rubin
• Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller