Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
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On technology, agriculture, and the arts. Tools with a life of their own ; Fifty million farmers ; (post- )Hydrocarbon aesthetics -- On nature's limits and the human condition. Five axioms of sustainability ; Parrots and peoples ; Population, resources, and human idealism -- The end of one era, the beginning of another. The psychology of peak oil and climate change ; Bridging peak oil and climate change activism ; Boomers' last chance? ; A letter from the future ; Talking ourselves to extinction.
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"The 21st century ushered in a new era of declines in a number of crucial areas: global oil, natural gas and coal extraction; availability of fresh water; yearly grain harvests; economic growth; extraction rates for minerals and ores; and climate stability." "Peak Everything addresses the personal, psychological, and cultural challenges we face as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. Richard Heinberg offers a combination of commentary and forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design."--Jacket.