Book Description
There are alternatives. A‘Powerdown’ strategy, for example, would aim to reduce per-capita resource usage in wealthy countries, develop alternative energy sources, distribute resources more equitably, and reduce the human population humanely but systematically over time. It could save us, but will require tremendous effort and economic sacrifice.
Powerdown speaks frankly to these dilemmas. Avoiding cynicism and despair, it begins with an overview of the likely impacts of oil and natural gas depletion and then outlines four options for industrial societies during the next decades:
* Last One Standing: the path of competition for remaining resources;
* Powerdown: the path of cooperation, conservation, and sharing;
* Waiting for a Magic Elixir: wishful thinking, false hopes, and denial;
* Building Lifeboats: the path of community solidarity and preservation.
Finally, the book explores how three important groups within global society - the power élites, the organized opposition to the élites (the ‘activist’ movements), and ordinary people - are likely to respond to these four options. Timely, accessible and eloquent, Powerdown is clarion call to urgent action. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
