I just finished taking the Coursera "why a 4 degree warmer world must be avoided" class so this title jumped out at me on the shelf. I liked the idea of examining what drastic cuts in energy (and water) would do.The book is written from the point of view of a British teenager. There was slang, but it was still readable. I liked the format of a diary with entries by day over the course of the year. I liked that death was mentioned but not harped on unlike some gory books. I liked the scrapbook clippings and emails from her friend's US point of view.While most of the ramifications were logical, there were a few that required stretches of the imagination. For example, the "smart meters" give a printout of energy use. Really? They don't just display it or email it to you? How wasteful. Plus they were able to create enough "smart meters" in London in such a short time. The results likely would have been worse than described overall, but I can gloss over that since it is a book and not a documentary.The listing of ramifications from what changes to the black market to the riots were well thought out. Even though I was luke-warm about this book, I didn't hate it and I would read the successor. Really good story and, to say it was written in 2008, spot on with the reactions and repercussions of the disposable attitude of the 'tweeny/teeny' decades. The predictable love story and the obligatory band membership made it a little cheesy but it is a teen book so maybe the 15 year old me would have loved those bits too! Give this to any global warming doubter and watch them want to save the planet by the end of it...
Do You like book Dagboek Van Een Klotejaar (2000)?
Interesting and well-done. Georgia Nicholson meets Nick and Norah and Life as we knew it
—juliariches
I don't know what I would do if I had a limit to electricity...3 huh....
—kjm2013
Loved the idea and the implications more than the writing.
—Kamariee
