books we've read and recommend to each other and the ones to avoid.

I'll start the ball rolling with a library book i've just finished. The pubic library system has loads of books about this and other related subjects, the library staff seem always helpful, ( in fact they seem to enjoy when you throw an odd title or subject at them that they've never heard of ),they'll get you almost any book you want for a very small fee. 

Its called"The Last Oil Shock" by David Strahan and published by John Murray in 2007.

A good basic book i thought. plenty of detail but certainly not overwhelming.It covers the peak oil subject, when it will happen/has happened, It talks about how oil is discovered , produced, priced , it goes into the alternatives like hydrogen and electric powered cars.The last chaptera  are about what governments could do, and gives examples of how other countries are tackling similar issues and then the final chapter is about what we as individuals can do to make change. (and the final chapter threw up some surprises for me as it went into things a bit more deeply than i would have thought possible).

My verdict is that this was worth the time taken to read it.