The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity
by James Lovelock
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Author: James LovelockEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-05
ISBN: 0465041698
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: A Clear Discussion Of The Global Warming Issue
Summary: 5 Stars
James Lovelock uses his Gaia theory to explain the current state of the world and why he feels the whole debate about Global Warming should be considered over since it is already starting and what we do at this point will not stop it. He indicates that we can still try to lessen the severity of what is to happen, but we can not stop it.
He spends a good deal of time talking about energy and how there very well could be development of cleaner energy sources in the future. We need to curb our use of coal and oil now before the new technologies become available. He also points out that it will take a good deal of time for a new technology to become widespread enough to make an impact. One good example he uses is solar power. It has been around for a long time, but is still not economical enough to use except in certain circumstances. He is a strong proponent of nuclear energy and sees the benefits of its use far outwaying any risks or costs incurred.
He devotes an entire chapter (Chapter 6) to talk about how belief that some things were harmful to humans or nature have resulted in their elimination have come back to haunt us since their full benevolence was not understood nor were the ramifications of doing without them understood. He refers several times to Rachael Carson's "Silent Spring" and how beliefs from when that book came out have come to hurt us later on.
I would urge anyone that wants a good discussion of the Global Warming issue from a non-biased source to read this book. You do not need to have read his earlier works on Gaia in order to understand this book. It explains enough of the theory to show how what we have done to this planet has caused what is happening. Let us hope that we can make the future a little less hellish than the one he envisions for us.
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