LEADER 04815oam 2200817Ma 450 001 9910783532103321 005 20230221010431.0 010 $a1-136-55510-2 010 $a1-136-55511-0 010 $a1-280-47605-2 010 $a9786610476053 010 $a1-84977-285-1 010 $a600-00-0012-X 010 $a1-4175-4255-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849772853 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242764 035 $a(EBL)430137 035 $a(OCoLC)613371728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000095558 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11116831 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000095558 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10062760 035 $a(PQKB)10367977 035 $a(OCoLC)647501856 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128879 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47605 035 $a(OCoLC)56605700 035 $a(OCoLC)1102388343 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1102388343 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781849772853 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781844070183 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430137 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242764 100 $a20180201d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe 2030 spike $ecountdown to global catastrophe /$fColin Mason 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aReprinted 2004. 311 $a1-138-38409-7 311 $a1-84407-018-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index. 327 $aTHE 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 Money 327 $aPART 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth. 606 $aTwenty-first century$vForecasts 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aNatural resources 606 $aSocial prediction 606 $aCatastrophical, The 615 0$aTwenty-first century 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 0$aNatural resources. 615 0$aSocial prediction. 615 0$aCatastrophical, The. 676 $a303.49 676 $a363.7 700 $aMason$b Colin$f1926-2020,$01476854 712 02$aSafari, an O'Reilly Media Company. 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783532103321 996 $aThe 2030 spike$93691631 997 $aUNINA