sduford on Aug 10 2008 | Filed under: Books, Global Warming
As the world heats up, so does the market for books about climate change. Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers, looks at the latest works on the crisis, and sizes up their solutions, from nuclear energy to genetically engineered trees.
Read the article here.
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sduford on Dec 17 2007 | Filed under: Biofuels, Books, Energy Efficiency, Politics, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Dev., Technology
Here’s a very interesting talk by Amory B. Lovins on weening ourselves off of oil while saving and creating jobs and fostering economic growth. He lists a bunch of simple ideas and shows their effect on oil consumption. This talk is based on his freely downloadable book which details all of his calculations so you [...]
sduford on Nov 25 2006 | Filed under: Books
A couple of months ago I read a great book titled “The Weather Makers” by Tim Flannery. This book is one of the first to provide a very complete yet clear view of what we are doing to the global climate, how it’s happening, what the consequences may be, and what we can do about [...]