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Allison Cobb’s PLASTIC: An Autobiography
Allison Cobb’s PLASTIC: An Autobiography Nightboat Books, April 2021, 352 pages, paperback $17.95, Amazon Kindle $10.99) Early on in Plastic: An Autobiography, Allison Cobb recalls her fascination with a plastic-strewn Hawaiian beach. She and three others have arrived at Kamilo Beach–a site long overrun by debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch–after an arduous journey […]
Richard Heinberg’s POWER: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival
Richard Heinberg’s POWER: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival If you know Richard Heinberg for his many previous writings on energy, you may initially assume that the title of his latest book refers to power strictly in its physics sense. But as you begin reading, it becomes apparent that he’s using a vastly broader definition […]
The New Possible
THE NEW POSSIBLE The New Possible is an eclectic assortment of essays by activists, experts and other prominent figures from around the world. The thread that ties them together is a recognition that, for all the harm it has caused, the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up exciting new possibilities for societal change. In the course of […]
Alice Friedemann’s LIFE AFTER FOSSIL FUELS A Reality Check on Alternative Energy
Alice Friedemann’s LIFE AFTER FOSSIL FUELS A Reality Check on Alternative Energy Fossil fuels are the lifeblood of modern industrial society, and they’re steadily being depleted. Eventually, their rates of production will cease to grow and will begin to permanently decline, spelling disaster for a civilization dependent on ever-increasing quantities of ever-cheaper fossil energy. Their […]
GROWTH: From Microorganisms to Megacities
GROWTH: From Microorganisms to Megacities Vaclav Smil’s latest book explores growth in nature and society. It examines the rules and patterns of growth in four key domains, those of the living world; human energy consumption; human artifacts; and human populations, societies and economies. The author is a passionate advocate of quantitative analysis, and thus Growth is filled […]
Kenneth S. Deffeyes’ HUBBERT’S PEAK: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Kenneth S. Deffeyes’ HUBBERT’S PEAK: The Impending World Oil Shortage This is the first of three books that the late geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes, who passed away a year ago this week, wrote about the coming global oil crisis. The goal of these books is to provide readers a rudimentary understanding of oil, where it came from […]
Matthieu Auzanneau’s: OIL, POWER, AND WAR: A Dark History
Matthieu Auzanneau’s: OIL, POWER, AND WAR: A Dark History In Oil, Power, and War, French journalist Matthieu Auzanneau presents a comprehensive, provocative history of humankind’s relationship with oil. His account takes us from the first references to oil in ancient literature and scripture, to its current status as the lifeblood of the industrial economy, to its […]
Frank Kaminski reviews two peak oil documentaries from 2008
Frank Kaminski reviews two peak oil documentaries from 2008 BLIND SPOT: Peak Oil and the Coming Global Crisis A Documentary Directed, Written, Photographed, and Edited by Adolfo Doring–1 hour, 26 minutes and FUEL A Documentary Directed and Narrated by Josh Tickell–1 hour, 52 minutes These two documentaries on the world oil crisis came out in 2008, […]
Book Review: Energy Return on Investment by Charles A. S. Hall
Book Review: Energy Return on Investment by Charles A. S. Hall ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENT: A Unifying Principle for Biology, Economics, and Sustainability In Energy Return on Investment, systems ecologist Charles A. S. Hall argues that to truly understand most investments, one must view them in terms of energy. This is perhaps most obvious when considering […]
Courtney White’s THE AGE OF CONSQUENCES: A Chronicle of Concern and Hope
Courtney White’s THE AGE OF CONSQUENCES: A Chronicle of Concern and Hope (Counterpoint Press, January 2015, 261 pages, $21.99) Reviewed by Frank Kaminski “I consider myself to be a professional daydreamer,” reads the opening line of Courtney White’s Internet bio page. And indeed, White–a fine, imaginative thinker and writer who happens to be related to the […]
