A review by cemyers42
The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future by Erik Conway, Naomi Oreskes

3.0

Very compelling and gripping book, both from the standpoint of the shocking legislation already passed (that impedes scientific freedom while wantonly promoting the industry doing the most damage to our earth system) and the summation of our rather bleak situation. They tried to keep things on the reality side vs. the futuristic...and while I understand they were going for credibility vs sci-fi, as a poignant story I think it would have been more persuasive if they had spent a bit more time developing the picture of our potential future. Then their description of our demise may have felt even more plausible and a bit less hokey. All in all, I'd give it a 3.5/5 if they'd let me :).