Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially.
Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life.
Plan C explores the risks inherent in trying to continue our energy-intensive lifestyle. Using dirtier fossil fuels (Plan A) or switching to renewable energy sources (Plan B) allows people to remain complacent in the face of potential global catastrophe. Dramatic lifestyle change is the only way to begin to create a sustainable, equitable world. The converging crises of Peak Oil, Climate Change and increasing inequity are presented in a clear, concise manner, as are the twin solutions of community (where cooperation replaces competition) and curtailment (deliberately reducing consumption of consumer goods). Plan C shows how each person's individual choices can dramatically reduce CO2 emissions. It offers specific strategies in the areas of food, transportation and housing. One chapter analyzes the decimation of the Cuban economy when the USSR stopped oil exports in 1990 and provides an inspiring vision for a low energy way of living.
Plan C is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in living a lower-energy, saner, and sustainable lifestyle.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 333.7
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781550923629 9780865716070
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- HC79.E5
- LCCN Item number
- M883 2008eb
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- 1 electronic text (xviii, 317 p.)
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00222772 (OCoLC)471125133 (CaOOCEL)432009
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- Community survival stategies for peak oil and climate change
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Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Advance Praise 2
- Title Page 4
- Rights Page 7
- Dedication 8
- Table of Contents 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Preface 16
- Part One 20
- Chapter 1: Fossil Fuel Depletion and Climate Change 22
- Chapter 2: Peak Oil — Peak Economy 38
- Chapter 3: Peak Oil — Peak Empire 52
- Chapter 4: Peak America — Is Our Time Up? 68
- Chapter 5: Peak Technology and the Private Car 80
- Chapter 6: Peak Technology and Electric Power 94
- Chapter 7: Corporations, Media and Disinformation 110
- Part Two 128
- Chapter 8: Plan C — Curtailment and Community 130
- Chapter 9: Post-Peak — Change Starts with Us 148
- Chapter 10: The Energy Impact of Buildings 162
- Chapter 11: The Smart Jitney —Rapid, Realistic Transport 184
- Chapter 12: Food, Feed, Fuel and CO2 202
- Chapter 13: Food, Health and Survival 220
- Part Three 244
- Chapter 14: Changing Practices 246
- Chapter 15: Kicking the Media Habit 260
- Chapter 16: Localization 268
- Chapter 17: Reviving and Renewing Community 276
- Conclusion 290
- Endnotes 292
- Index 324
- About the Author 336
