The Long Emergency: Surviving Converging Catastrophes/ 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler, author of the Geography of Nowhere. Riveting and authoratative, this book is a startling vision of what lies ahead, bringing new urgency and accessibility to the critical issues that will shape our future, and which we can no longer afford to ignore. The industrialized world is buiilt on cheap energy. Over the past century, we have used the stored energy of millions of years of sunlight -- in the form of oil, coal and natural gas -- to create the marvels and miracles essential to modern life. But now the cheap fossil-fuels fiesta is ending, climate change is upon us, and our models of global industry, commerce, food production, and transportation may not survive. Kunstler tells what to expect when we pass the tipping point of global peak oil production and enter the long arc of depletion -- economic, political, and social changes on an epochal scale -- sooner than we think. Soft cover, 6"x 9", 325 pages, To order by phone call Toll Free 866-596-9982. We offer free shipping on all orders over $19.94. Orders under $19.95 will have a $2.50 handling fee added.