WHY YOUR WORLD IS ABOUT TO GET

An internationally renowned energy expert has written a bookessential for every American–a galvanizing account of how therising price and diminishing availability of oil are going toradically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get aWhole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book thatexplores what the new global economy will look like and what itwill mean for all of us.

In a compelling and accessible style, Jeff Rubin reveals thatdespite the recent recessionary dip, oil prices will skyrocketagain once the economy recovers. The fact is, worldwide oilreserves are disappearing for good. Consequently, the amount offood and other goods we get from abroad will be curtailed;long-distance driving will become a luxury and international travelrare. Globalization as we know it will reverse. The near futurewill be a time that, in its physical limits, may resemble thedistant past.

But Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is ahopeful work about how we can benefit–personally, politically, andeconomically–from this new reality. American industries such assteel and agriculture, for instance, will be revitalized. As well,Rubin prescribes priorities for President Obama and other leaders,from imposing carbon tariffs that will increase competition andproductivity, to investing in mass transit instead of car-cloggedhighways, to forging “green” alliances between labor and managementthat will be good for both business and the air we breathe.

Most passionately, Rubin recommends ways every citizen can securethis better life for himself, actions that will end our enslavementto chain-store taste and strengthen our communities and timelesshuman values.