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Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis by Jeremy Leggett

Current affairs/ environment. Published November 2005.
Paperback (234 x 156mm).
£12.99. 320 pages.
ISBN: 1 84627 004 9

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Here is the book that exposes the true status of the world's energy supplies, revealing both the scale of the disaster looming over our planet, and the action each and every one of us must take – right now – to stand a chance of averting it.

No previous book on the oil trade has had such unprecedented access to the boardrooms of the mightiest oil companies, or such insider knowledge of geology and engineering. And none has made such a persuasive and inspiring call for immediate individual action.
'I hope this book will not be an obituary for the human species. But the denial and double-think it exposes suggest that, unless we change pretty smartly, we can expect to be overtaken by the catastrophes Leggett documents. His book demands to be read.' George Monbiot

'If you want one book that really deals with climate change and oil depletion, and attempts to explain the complications of it, I recommend Leggett's to you.' Bill Clinton
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