Purchase
Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 2010
On Sale: April 15, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0618990615
EAN: 9780618990610
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction
Right now, a group of scientists is working on ways to
minimize the catastrophic impact of global warming. But
they’re not designing hybrids or fuel cells or wind
turbines. They’re trying to lower the temperature of the
entire planet. And they’re doing it with huge contraptions
that suck CO2 from the air, machines that brighten clouds
and deflect sunlight away from the earth, even artificial
volcanoes that spray heat-reflecting particles into the
atmosphere. This is the radical and controversial world of
geoengineering, which only five years ago was considered to
be "fringe." But as Jeff Goodell points out, the economic
crisis, combined with global political realities, is making
these ideas look sane, even inspired. Goodell himself started out as a skeptic, concerned about
tinkering with the planet’s thermostat. We can’t even
predict next week’s weather, so how are we going to change
the temperature of whole regions? What if a wealthy
entrepreneur shoots particles into the stratosphere on his
own? Who gets blamed if something goes terribly wrong? And
perhaps most disturbing, what about wars waged with climate
control as the primary weapon? There are certainly risks,
but Goodell believes the alternatives could be worse. In the
end, he persuades us that geoengineering may just be our
last best hope—a Plan B for the environment. His compelling
tale of scientific hubris and technical daring is sure to
jump-start the next big debate about the future of life on
earth.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy