03929oam 2200793I 450 991045064950332120200520144314.01-136-55510-21-136-55511-01-280-47605-297866104760531-84977-285-1600-00-0012-X1-4175-4255-110.4324/9781849772853 (CKB)1000000000242764(EBL)430137(OCoLC)613371728(SSID)ssj0000095558(PQKBManifestationID)11116831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000095558(PQKBWorkID)10062760(PQKB)10367977(OCoLC)647501856(MiAaPQ)EBC430137(CaSebORM)9781844070183(Au-PeEL)EBL430137(CaPaEBR)ebr10128879(CaONFJC)MIL47605(OCoLC)56605700(EXLCZ)99100000000024276420180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe 2030 spike countdown to global catastrophe /olin Mason2nd ed.Sterling, Va. :Earthscan Publications,2003.1 online resource (256 p.)Reprinted 2004.1-138-38409-7 1-84407-018-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index.THE 2030 SPIKE COUNTDOWN TO GLOBAL CATASTROPHE; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Author; PART ONE: CRISIS MODE; Chapter 1 The Drivers; Chapter 2 Running Out Of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch; Chapter 3 Population And Poverty; Chapter 4 Climate: Too Hot Or Too Cold?; Chapter 5 Famines: Food And Water; Chapter 6 One World?; Chapter 7 The Fourth Horseman; PART TWO: DIRECTIONS; Chapter 8 Which Way Science?; Chapter 9 In The Genes: New Plants - And People?; Chapter 10 The Values Of The Sea; Chapter 11 Multinationals: Good Business Or Bad?; Chapter 12 The Trouble With MoneyPART THREE: UPGRADING THE INDIVIDUALChapter 13 The Pursuit Of Happiness; Chapter 14 Love, Family And Freedom; Chapter 15 Habitat: The Dilemma Of The Cities; Chapter 16 Making Education Work; Chapter 17 Health And Wealth; Chapter 18 Religion: The Cement Of Society?; PART FOUR: THE NEW SOCIETY?; Chapter 19 The Mechanics Of Change; Chapter 20 Automation And Employment; Chapter 21 Travelling Less?; Chapter 22 Working Online; Chapter 23 The Information Overload; Chapter 24 The Toxic Culture; Chapter 25 Running The Show; Chapter 26 Conclusion: World To Come; Notes; IndexThe clock is relentlessly ticking!Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrTwenty-first centuryForecastsEnvironmental policyNatural resourcesSocial predictionCatastrophical, TheElectronic books.Twenty-first centuryEnvironmental policy.Natural resources.Social prediction.Catastrophical, The.303.49363.7Mason Colin1926-,939643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450649503321The 2030 spike2118343UNINA