A cadre of international experts contributed to this book to provide a truly global perspective on the dangers inherent in our over-consumption of oil, gas and coal. Without fossil fuels, mass-produced food and clothing, international travel, cars, and many more things become rare or impossible. The authors provide details of the problem for a variety of countries, including the US and China, as well as those in Europe and the developing world.
Existe una 2ª edición de 2008, editada por Sheila Newman.
The author is a retired engineer and life-long farmer, who has been concerned about fossil-fuel depletion for many years. During the last several decades he has researched this problem extensively as well as designed, built, and tested low-energy machines for agriculture and transportation in anticipation of a drastically simpler, localized lifestyle. This work has evolved into numerous lectures and three editions of this book.