The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World

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The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts
from Mariner Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Excellent and thorough book, misleading title
  The title of the book makes it sound like an alarmist clamour concerned with peak oil. This couldn't be further from the truth. It is instead a comprehensive overview of the whole shebang: the energy crisis and the shape of things to come. Not only oil, but other hydrocarbon fuels, hydrogen, nuclear, wind, solar, energy efficiency and the economic implications of all the above are discussed, in a sober and impartial manner. Roberts does not appear to be lobbying for any particular energy source, in fact, he... more info

• Still an excellent primer on the economics of hydrocarbons and alternatives
  This book was published about four years ago, and it is interesting to compare some of its future projections with the current reality. The worse case scenario envisioned in the last chapter has oil going to $50 a barrel, a far cry from the habitual $100 or more for a barrel now, not to mention a high of almost $150. The United States has arrived at the point of sending on the order of 700 billion dollars a year overseas to mostly unstable governments. Yet, despite what in the context of this book would be... more info

• the oil end
  this is a very intertesting book for me because present a high perfomance for the our future

• Makes analysis of the contemporary energy order accessible.
  When I decided to read this book, I did so with the expectation of learning something only after wading through a great degree of partisan political rhetoric. It did not take me long to realize that Mr. Roberts' book is not what I had expected.
  He makes this complex issue accessible to the layman looking to familiarize himself with not only oil, but the energy economy. Rather choose a side and engage in partisan sniping, he tells the good, the bad, and the ugly of the policies advocated by every party... more info

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