The 2030 Spike: Countdown to Global Catastrophe

The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.

A former Australian politician and journalist predicts a global crisis beginning in 2030 unless urgent measures are taken now. Mason discusses specific worldview, political, scientific, and information dissemination priorities for averting disaster. Distributed by Stylus. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Colin Mason is a former foreign correspondent, broadcaster and SEATO adviser to the Thai government, was a senator in the Australian Federal Parliament for nine years, as deputy leader of the Australian Democrats. He served on the Senate Standing Committee for Science and Environment, a Select Committee on the effects of Agent Orange on Australian servicemen, and the first delegation of the Australian Parliament to China, and initiated the private member's bill that lead to the salvation of the pristine Franklin River in Tasmania. He has published 12 books including the internationally bestselling novel "A Short History of Asia". Comment or discussion on any of the issues raised in this book are welcomed by the author at www.2030spike.com