In it he talks about how we might manage the transition through the age of oil depletion,not least in the area of food production.Think about the food you buy in a supermarket.Then think of the all the fossil fuel burning that has gone on to get it there.First seed has to be sown with tractors,then harvested and taken to silos.
Then it has to be processed in someway to create the final product.All this needs oil.
Then it is taken to a central distribution centre before being finally sent out to your supermarket.
Don't forget you probably drove you car to the supermarket and will drive back to get the food home.Finally you stick this food in the oven,yes more fossil fuel.
Heinburg talks about going back to locally produced food.We will re-ruralise the landscape.Hey turn your back lawn over to growing vegetables.
Perhaps the most moving chapter is the one written by someone living a hundred years from how and writing back to us.He tells how the world has changed to a world of chaos caused by the end of oil.Let us hope it doesn't turn out like that.But we need to act now.You can get the book here
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