First edition, first impression. 336pp, with a smattering of charts and tables in text. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth very slightly rounded on corners and spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original glossy dust jacket, lightly bumped on extreme edges and slightly shelf worn.
Cooper, a marketing manager in the UK motor industry, present a polemic regarding the precarious future of mankind in relation to the safe supply of energy subsidies and the dependence of all on these subsidies for food (energy) and the possible breakdown of supply. But more than just another doomsday book, Cooper looks squarely and analytically at the economic situation that both creates and ignores the risks. It deals with uncomfortable facts and questions survival.
