Hell and High Water The Global Warming Solution

Name: Hell and High Water The Global Warming Solution
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ISBN: 9780061172137

ISBN-10: 0061172138

ISBN-13: 9780061172137

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Authors: Joe Romm, Joe Romm

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Global warming is the story of the twenty-first century. 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. 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. The good news, he writes, is that there is something we can do-but only if the leadership of the U.S. 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. It is a searing critique of American environmental and…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



The Science and the Future



The Climate Beast



2000-2025: Reap the Whirlwind



2025-2050: Planetary Purgatory



2050-2100: Hell and High Water



The Politics and the Solution



How Climate Rhetoric Trumps Climate Reality



The Technology Trap and the American Way of Life



The Electrifying Solution



Peak Oil, Energy Security, and the Car of the Future



The U.S.-China Suicide Pact on Climate



Missing the Story of the Century


Conclusion: The End of Politics


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index