Keyword: peak oil

Reinventing Collapse
The Soviet Experience and American Prospects – Revised & Updated
by Dmitry Orlov

The United States is in steep decline. Plagued by runaway debt, a shrinking economy and environmental catastrophes to rival Chernobyl, the US has been retracing the trajectory of the Soviet Union in the early 1980's toward national bankruptcy and …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs
The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil
by Wendy Brown

In the latter half of the twentieth century, the percentage of the total American population living in suburbs grew to nearly 50 percent. Fossil fuels were cheap and plentiful, and car-dependent, energy-intensive lifestyles came hand-in-hand with …
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Peak Everything
Waking Up to the Century of Declines
by Richard Heinberg
foreword by James Howard Kunstler

The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production. As the population shifted from rural to urban, human impacts on the environment increased dramatically.
The 21st century ushered in an era of declines, …
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Independence Days
A Guide to Sustainable Food Storage and Preservation
by Sharon Astyk

Hard times aren't just coming, they are here already. The recent economic collapse has seen millions of North Americans move from the middle class to being poor, and from poor to hungry. At the same time, the idea of eating locally is shifting from …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

The Long Descent
A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
by John Michael Greer

Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that, now, the times are different and the crisis …
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Depletion & Abundance
Life on the New Home Front
by Sharon Astyk

Climate change, peak oil and economic instability aren't just future social problems -- they jeopardize our homes and families right now. Our once-abundant food supply is being threatened by toxic chemical agriculture, rising food prices and crop …
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Evolution's Edge
The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World
by Graeme Taylor

It is now 5 minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, reflecting the fact that we are closer to assuring the obliteration of our species than we have been at any time since the early eighties. We are rapidly approaching a tipping point, where we …
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Plan C
Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change
by Pat Murphy

Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially.
Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life.
Plan C explores the risks …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil