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Article: A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 Spike.(Book review)
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- September 22, 2008
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A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 Spike. By Colin Mason. (Sterling, Va.: Earthscan, 2006. Pp. x, 306. $24.95.)
Unless people act now, the world is careening toward a "2030 spike," which the author defines as "the combined effect of at least six adverse drivers" (7). A "driver" is a major trend that will determine the shape of the future. The six drivers identified by Colin Mason are: 1) peak oil, and the resulting "fuel drought"; 2) population growth, and a concomitant rise in global poverty; 3) global warming and climate change; 4) the threat of a shortage of both food and water; 5) the growth of world anarchy; and 6) the proliferation of nuclear ...
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