It’s been quite a gap since my last post, but in that time I have finished my work stint in Ottawa on the Light Rail Transit project, taken a vacation (the first since last August, despite the election in between) followed by a couple of weeks being generally ill. Fun. During this time I came across an excellent book which I would recommend as essential reading to everyone.
PowerDown, by Richard Heiberg begins with the premise of Peak Oil, generally summarizing the topic in Chapter 1. If you are unfamiliar wih this topic, please contact me, we have much to discuss.
In Chapters 2 t0 5, Heinberg outlines his view of the four potential choices which are available going forward. It is very clear that all of these will be bitter pills to swallow, but some choices are more palatable than others.
In the final chapter, he speculates about which of these choices will be the most likely course of action among three categories of people, the ELITES (government, big corporations, wealthy people, the “establishment”), the MOVEMENT (he groups all environmental and human rights movements together) and the REST OF US (generally, the majority of us who are not part of groups 1 and 2)
The book provides a very thought provoking insight into our near future, and is essential reading for those who would like to be prepared for it.
