Author: Christopher Steiner
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446562025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate. Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come. Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society. Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.
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Author: Christopher Steiner
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446562025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate. Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come. Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society. Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446562025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate. Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come. Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society. Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.
Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations: Comparative tariffs
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Tariff Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tariff
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tariff
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
The Jubilee Year Book of the New-York Observer
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368195654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368195654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
The Congressional Globe
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries
Author: United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Journals of the House of Assembly (with Appendices)
Author: Tasmania. Parliament. House of Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tasmania
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tasmania
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the Year Ending ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description