Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006117212X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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According to Joseph Romm, we have ten years, at most, to start making sharp cuts to our greenhouse gas emissions, or we will face disastrous consequences. Global warming is the story of the twenty-first century. It is a searing critique of American environmental and energy policy, and a passionate call to action by a writer with a unique command of the science and politics of climate change.. The good news, he writes, is that there is something we can do—but only if the leadership of the U.S. It is the most serious issue facing the future of humankind, but American energy and environmental policy is driving the whole world down a path toward global catastrophe. government acts immediately and asserts its influence on the rest of the world.Hell and High Water is nothing less than a wake-up call to the country
"Best Available Book on Climate Change" according to Glenn Gallagher. There are literally dozens of excellent books on global warming and climate change, but this one is the best. It's part science, part social commentary, and all of it is fascinating. The author does a terrific job of giving us the basic facts, then moves us right into the troubled waters of policy, societal inertia, and consequences if we do not do something. Especially eye-opening was chapter 6 "The Technology Trap and the American Way of Life", in which he presents a compelling case that technology could theoretically be used to solve global warming problems, but the reality i. "His hair is on fire" according to Dennis Littrell. And ours should be too.Joseph Romm, who is an expert on energy (author of The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate (200His hair is on fire Dennis Littrell And ours should be too.Joseph Romm, who is an expert on energy (author of The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate (2004), which I highly recommend), holds a PhD in physics with an emphasis on the physics of weather. Consequently he writes from a position of knowledge about climate change that few others can match. He is also politically savvy, having worked in the Department of Energy in the Clinton administration. His hair is on fire because the danger to the planet from global warming is frighteningly real, and it appears that nobody is going . ), which I highly recommend), holds a PhD in physics with an emphasis on the physics of weather. Consequently he writes from a position of knowledge about climate change that few others can match. He is also politically savvy, having worked in the Department of Energy in the Clinton administration. His hair is on fire because the danger to the planet from global warming is frighteningly real, and it appears that nobody is going . A Practical Guide As I sit here typing, I can see the snow and ice just outside our window. I also hear people grumbling around me "What global warming?" but they're forgetting something ~~ this has definitely been a very mild winter for us in northwest Ohio and it is very unusual that we're just now getting our first snow of the season. Normally, we start getting snow in mid-November and by this time in January, the romance of the snow is pretty much all gone. Not this year.After reading this book, I am now more concerned about what our government is not doing (it'll be interesting to see the ba
All rights reserved. From Booklist Physicist Romm, a veteran of the Department of Energy and founder and director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, presents a clear and effective primer on climate science. We must recognize, Romm asserts, that "ideology trumps rationality" all too often in public discourse, preventing us from doing what needs to be done to avert still preventable catastrophes. As Romm analyzes the "miscoverage" of global-warming realities in the press, especially the facts pertaining to dire changes already affecting plants, animals, and humans, he laments the perversity and folly of politicizing a glo
The author of the award-winning The Hype About Hydrogen, he holds a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and lives in Washington, D.C.. Joseph Romm is the founder and executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions and a fellow at the Center for American Progress. Under President Clinton he was acting assistant secretary at the Department of Energy, heading the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy