Product Description

In order that you can share the argument, this book explores the issues in detail. The data. The trends. The projections. The possible outcomes. Hopefully, at the end of this process, you will be able to understand what it is we are facing, and perhaps find your own resolution to the potential difficulties we will all face over the next ten to twenty years. The message you take from this book should be a positive one...that Western society is about to undergo a massive, collective shock. But, by applying basic principles of sustainable development we can live through this period...albeit without the ready-meals, cheap flights to Spain, 4x4's, Britney Spears videos, Formula One racing, plastic umbrellas...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #360620 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

Review
There are three reasons for reading this book. First, it is very easy to read. Mobbs has a way of explaining technically complicated topics clearly without glossing over the essentials. Second, he casts a cold and impartial eye both on the claims and counterclaims about how much fossil fuel resource the world has left, and on the hopes and probable disappointments that lie ahead for the alternative fuels. Third, he brings us relentlessly to face the prospect of fundamental change in the way we live, which cannot continue to depend on ever-growing consumption of energy. John Mitchell, Associate Fellow of Chatham House, author of "The New Economy of Oil"This is a pivotally important book... highly recommended"Permaculture Magazine"An easy to read, thought-provoking book. It avoids the 'gloom and doom' attributes of many earlier publications and contains a very useful 14-page bibliography of free web-based sources of information that repays exploration."The Naturalist"...belongs on serious reading lists ... an important work insofar as it hints at the extreme instability facing the globe in an energy deficient but dependent environment"Resourceinvestor.com

Customer Reviews

Plain and simple - what you need to know
Mobbs has written a concise, easy to read book on Peak Oil which I found covered all topics. Prior to reading the book I found I was bombarded with conflicting opinions depending on the website I was reading.

Energy Beyond Oil does not paint over the issue of Peak Oil, we can't get away from that, what it does do it present all the facts you need to decide how you want to adapt/prepare for life beyond the peak.

Some friends and many colleagues think I am a little strange worrying about oil and how society and the economy will face up to life without oil. When you confront them will cold facts the smile seems to vanish and they begin relate what you are saying with things happening in the real world.

I feel happier facing Peak Oil with the information Mobbs delivers.

Clear and informative survey of the peak oil issue
A good summary, with just enough technical details and some very useful diagrams. For me this was a good follow-up to 'Half Gone' which was more popular and populist in style.