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Dewey Decimal Number: 622.1828 EAN: 9780393058574 ISBN: 0393058573 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2004-02 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel? Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline—perhaps rapidly—forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book, David Goodstein, professor of physics at Caltech, explains the underlying scientific principles of the inevitable fossil fuel shortage we face. He outlines the drastic effects a fossil fuel shortage will bring down on us. And he shows that there is an important silver lining to the need to switch to other sources of energy, for when we have burned up all the available oil, the earth's climate will have moved toward a truly life-threatening state. With its easy-to-grasp explanations of the science behind every aspect of our most urgent environmental policy decisions, Out of Gas is a handbook for the future of civilization. Charts, graphs, photographs. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - the end of oilA simple easily read and understood description of the mess we are in written by one of the great teachers of the modern era. The only problem with this is getting it across to the people that matter. We will all end up in the desert on shank's pony if nothing sensible is done. Alternatively knee deep in horse manure. Rating: - Out of GasI enjoyed this book very much. It's short and sweet and to the point. Mr David Goodstein is a physics and looks at the world in a test and measurement type of way. Many people will get mad if you try and warn them about peak oil. It's my understanding even today some people believe the world is flat and that we never went to the moon. The facts are simple. Population growth and global car production are growing faster than our ability to suck oil, minerals and other natural resources out of ... Read More Rating:  - Engines and OilExactly what I had hoped to read in the first 1/4 of the book and the last 1/4 of the book. A good discussion of the status of our oil supply and the prognosis for the future based on current and probable future demand. My only problem with the book, and this seems to not have been mentioned in previous reviews, is that the author devotes about half of the book to the science of thermodynamics and the design of engines. This is a good basic review on about the junior high level of physical ... Read More Rating: - out of gasThis book asks the question "How long can the worldwide oil economy last"? The answer: "Not very long". The age of oil is fast coming to a close. What will replace it? Well, immediately reduce consumption of remaining carbon based fuels and other products or learn to reuse them. Many tons per capita in carbon based waste in landfills must be lowered NOW! Long term solutions must include moves to renewables and sustainable uses. The great "nuclear furnace in the sky" can provide over ... Read More Rating:  - Succinct, focused, readableFor those of you who are just getting interested in the subject, David Goodstein's Out of Gas is the book you want to read first. I have read several books on the impending energy crisis, including: Deffeyes, Kenneth S. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (2005) Heinberg, Richard. The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2nd Ed., 2005) Huber, Peter W. and Mark P. Mills. The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never ... Read More |
