Sheila Newman

Worth the 'price of admission' for a handful of particularly excellent essays which are featured in this anthology, with "Battle of the Titans" in taking the prize. Some of the other entries left much to be desire, however, such as "Chinese Car Bomb".

I would recommend this Peak Oil anthology to those who already have explored most of the more popular Peak Oil publications. These essays are academic resources, not popular introductions to Peak Oil theory, which tend to be redundant after you've read a half-dozen of them or more. I would NOT recommend this to those who are looking for an introduction to Peak Oil theory.

For the demographic to whom this anthology does appeal to, I recommend giving it a read. However, I must mention that I am critical of the general tone of the concluding chapters, which I find to be unrealistically hopeful and optimistic, with the final chapter being almost insufferable in this regard.… (meer)