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Peak Oil Prep: Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse |
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Peak Oil Prep: Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse
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Manufacturer: Westsong Publishing
Author: Mick Winter
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Publisher: Westsong Publishing
Label: Westsong Publishing
Number Of Pages: 246
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Editorial Review:
Three Things You Can Do to Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse -- You can easily lead a more sustainable, money-saving life right now. But you have to do it yourself. No one, including the government, is going to do it for you. The book covers topics that list three free, or low-cost, things you can do to save money; decrease energy dependence; fight global warming and abrupt climate change; and improve your home, your community, and your environment. Topics include: Self-employment, relocation, local business, car, food, shopping, money, neighborhood, kitchen, bathroom, yard, heating, cooling, lighting, and many more.
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Making sales from a buzz title is all this book has  2008-08-09
This is like a 'climate change for dummies' book. Except the 'for dummies' series actually has some merits.
For instance this book in the 'top three things you can do' includes:
a: changing to fluorescent lightbulbs
b: walk or ride a bike
c: plant a garden
Want more peak oil advice? How about "Create a neighbourhood and community arts program." or, "Start a compost pile."
I mean really. This book is obviously for suckers like me who would buy it off the internet on the strength of the title.
Scapegoats  2008-07-05
I liked this book and I don't regret that I bought it but I like the book a little and not a lot. It's too simple but it's a great starter for the laymen and those who are just waking up to "peak oil." The saving grace of the book is that the author has collected many sources of information and websites, and references other books that are helpful. If you don't have a lot of time searching the web, this book helps taking you to the correct spots. As for his suggestions, I think many of them are a little too simple to help the average Joe and Jane. I do like page 26, Scapegoats, "It's important to realize that no single individual or group is responsible for Peak Oil. In fact, nobody is single-handedly responsible. Peak Oil is simply a geologic reality; a result of the fact that there was always a certain amount of petroleum in the earth; no more, no less. When we as a global society have extracted half of that amount, we have reached peak, and from then on there will be less and less available. No ethnic minorities are responsible, no racial groups, no religious groups, not even any particular political party or political system. It was all of us." Wow! Refreshing to hear someone who knows what they are talking about. Yes, all 6.5 billion of us. When my Granddaddy Andrew Jackson Crump was born in 1889, there were no cars in the USA and only 142 miles of paved roads. When I was born there were only 150 million Americans and only 2.5 billion people on the earth and gas was .25 cents per gallon. It's easy to blame. Blame Republicans, blame Democrats, blame OPEC, blame oil companies. Doing this gives you a villain and allows your brain to shut down and you no longer have to think. Nothing is your fault, it's someone else's fault and you are on the side of the good guys. Nuts! The truth is that we have 6.5 billion people on the earth and we are sucking it dry. The car population and the human population are now growing faster than our ability to dig up minerals and other declining natural resources. 80% of Mr. Winter's book is useless to me, but there are a few links and things I learned which overall made it worth while. Regards, Keith Renick, Peachtree City, Ga.
Great Summary of Action Steps  2008-02-19
This is a great book that lists a few things you can do in a variety of categories for Peak Oil.
Prepare for life after easy oil  2008-02-08
Although many books on Peak Oil seem to be trying to get people to be scared of the future without cheap oil, this one actually has page after page of suggestions of things to do to get ready for a different style of living, and web sites to visit for more information. It covers just about everything, from using CFLs to growing your own food, getting solar, or buying an electric car. Very well researched.
I recommend it for anyone who has "got it" about the Peak Oil Problem.
Not quite as advertised  2007-10-14
I have been reading this book, and am mostly through it - enough that I feel that I can render an opinion on this.
First, please note that I subscribe to the theory of peak oil - it's a question of when, not if - and ecological
living.
Having said that, the book frankly lacks focus and is somewhat sophomoric in its approach. It seemed less focus on life when energy is no longer affordable and more on promoting a certain view of how things should be. Really, he spends very little time writing and more time giving massive blocks of internet references that seemed to have passed his filter of political correctness than utility. For example - he talks about home power generation, and then appears to have ignored an all-purpose website - Home Power magazine -for reasons unknown, other than perhaps the magazine doesn't pass his concept of correctness (after all, it is available at Barnes and Noble). Another case in point - heirloom seeds. A very good idea - but his one source is some kind of communal seed outfit. A fast internet search shows a dozen or so outfits from Burpee on down. I'd prefer working with someone who actually tests their seeds in multiple environments.
Most of the book seems focused on socialized/communal living. For example, he promotes the idea of cohousing - which is fine - but his example is the N street housing complex in Davis California, which adapts the idea a couple of steps further where everyone proceeds to eat in communal settings. There are many other examples that can be found that may be more palable to ones living rather than be forced to come under someone's else's idea of political correctness.
Indeed, he talks about Cuba as a shining example of a country that has passed through Peak Oil, and how wonderful life is there now - ignoring one very obvious fact that Cuba has milder weather than most of the US - at least I am not aware of Havana having snow storms - which makes life much easier. And I didn't need a paragraph on how the US doesn't allow travelers to visit Cuba in a book about survival after peak oil.
Indeed, one of the things he promotes is moving to smaller communities - 5000 people or so. Somewhat elitist - I've run into many, many people who can barely keep food on the table and a roof on their heads, and somehow I cannot see them packing up into a beat up old car and driving to sunnier climes to an uncertain economic future.
Finally, he shows little imagination about how life may really be like when the crunch does hit. For example - one of the things he talks about is using the internet for communications after peak oil starts rippling through the economy. An interesting concept, given that there is a debate among people in information technology as to whether or not the internet is a massive energy hog. Certainly having to run multi-terabyte server farms 24/7 cannot be done with 300 watts.
This is not to say that the book won't get you thinking at least - it will - but some of the insitutional reviewers indicated that it was a blueprint for living after peak oil - I'd call it less of a blueprint and more of a sketch - with many details omitted and not well thought out.
One other thing - he promotes three big ideas - they are using compact flourescent bulbs, planting a garden, and biking to work - and all I can say is - "Duh".
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