The 2030 Spike: Countdown to Global Catastrophe
The 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,...
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A former Australian politician and journalist predicts a global crisis beginning in 2030 unless urgent measures are taken now. Mason discusses specific worldview, political, scientific, and information dissemination priorities for averting disaster. Distributed by Stylus. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
About the Author1The Drivers32Running Out of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch93Population and Poverty214Climate: Too Hot or Too Cold?295Famines: Food and Water416One World?537The Fourth Horseman628Which Way Science?759In the Genes: New Plants - and People?8310The Values of the Sea9411Multinationals: Good Business or Bad?10112The Trouble with Money11013The Pursuit of Happiness12314Love, Family and Freedom13015Habitat: The Dilemma of the Cities13516Making Education Work14517Health and Wealth15318Religion: The Cement of Society?16119The Mechanics of Change17120Automation and Employment17821Travelling Less?18622Working Online19223The Information Overload19924The Toxic Culture20525Running the Show21126Conclusion: World to Come220Notes230Index244
