Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World

Whilst I enjoyed reading this book and would seriously recommend it,I can`t help thinking that maybe the author is over reacting slightly. Yes we will run out of oil or it will become too expensive to extract which in turn would affect our way of living,our markets for example,this is true. But he is extremely negative regarding other forms of energy which may help in softening the blow of an oil shortage. Now I`m not saying he's wrong only extremely negative.I did agree and believe alot of what was said though.The points made regarding the businesses and people behind oil companies were spot on,that these guys cannot be trusted and that oil companies have to be more transparent. This for me was a valid point especially if you look at the Iraq and Afganistan situations amongst others. Many people have died and are still, in our quest to ensure we keep consuming the black stuff. The most important issue this book raises is that we need to change our mentality!!We need to think more about how we live.This consumption way of life that we lead is totally going against the grain of Mother Nature. Nobody seems to be pushing or thinking hard enough in this day in age for change.Governments are so rapped up in business,profit,capitalism stuff that things ain`t going to be changing anytime soon. Also this thought that we should just consume every last barrel of oil which this planet holds is OK is complete madness! There are people, mentioned in the book, telling us that there is enough oil to last a hundred years or more so don`t worry. This kind of thinking,or lack of it,is truly worrying for me,drill all the oil then pump it straight into the atmosphere,ye brillaint idea. This for me is the strong point of this book.I fear the changes will happen when we have to change, it won`t be a choice. And really to have an effective change I really think goverments are the ones who could do it, people alone, in my opinion, won`t manage it.Anyway I would recommend this book to beginners of of all subjects regarding oil,consumption,greed,food production and most importantly the HUMAN RACE.And on a personal note,oil companies,why do they continue to advertise using images of nature?Anyone with half a brain knows that oil is a dirty business,just stand behind a bus,truck when it`s revving up!But they continue to show us this image of nature when the reality could not be further from the truth.START THINKING!!!

Picture Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining.' Now picture a man in a dark room saying, "Heeere's your future!" In this video, Michael Ruppert paints a nightmarish vision of the inevitable collapse of our economic, political and social structures. He argues that we are on the downside of peak oil, that the rise in earth's human population is a direct result of oil and that our current way of life cannot be sustained without it. He talks about the looming crash, what has been leading up to it, and a few things we can do to survive the roller coaster ride we're in for, before during and after the final collapse.We could easily dismiss his ideas as those of a paranoid loon if Ruppert didn't cite statistics so readily. The man has an enviable memory for facts and figures, and he readily tosses them out to illustrate those ideas. Ruppert tells us exactly how many gallons of oil it takes to create one tire on an automobile. He gives us the causes with monetary figures of the predictable 2008 banking collapse. He cites the riots in Poland and Spain and Eastern Europe as a feature presentation coming soon to the streets of America. Note: the recent British riots occurred after the film was made.One critical review states that the narrator never questions or challenges Ruppert. Not so. The narrator interrupts, for example, to point out mankind's inventiveness. He mentions the alternative sources of energy that man has created. But Ruppert is quick to illustrate the inherent flaws of each. Nuclear reactors, for example, require massive amounts of oil to build, and they need a certain amount to run. Wind energy helps only those people living on the coasts.Fortunately, a more recent interview of Ruppert is included with the DVD. In it he seems a bit more hopeful.I highly recommend 'Collapse' as a vision of a possible future, as a lesson in economics, as a cautionary tale, or simply as a horror flick. See it, get all of your friends and relatives to see it, then let the dialogs begin.

Hep, a good book about the oil industry from someone that has studied the subject.. Sorry he died last year. I wish he could havestayed with us so we could have known more. I recoment this book .

"Collapse," can only be described as a climatic event that will forever change the course of human evolution. We live in interesting times, and this books explains how our modern world came to be and soon will end with devastating consequences during the worldwide interregnum. Will a New Renascence arise or will the human race be forever enslaved to the power elites who have orchestrated our destruction so that they may be the new masters of the world.

This was as good as I expected.

Great read!!

Five Star Book