We are on the cusp of addressing climate change, and it is about time with the droughts, wildfires, heat waves, enormous snow and rain storms (including hurricanes) and record floods. So recently I reviewed a book from my shelf by Al Gore.
If we open out the flap on the front cover, we see the earth as it was in 2009, with green earth and a lot of polar ice.
This is the title page.
Here is the table of contents. This book has main sections on:
- The Crisis
- Our Sources of Energy
- Living Systems
- How We Use Energy
- The Obstacles We Need to Overcome
- Going Far Quickly
It is an attractive book with many illustrative color pictures.
This graph shows that California moderated its per capita energy consumption starting as early as 1976. California got an early start on the rest of us in addressing climate change, and California demonstrates that public policy is effective in reducing energy consumption, and thus in helping to address climate change.
If we open up the flap and turn the page, we see a desertified North America, no polar ice over the water, and diminished polar ice over the land, and more tropical storms. We cannot see the temperature change. This book is a treasure trove of information and help at our fingertips.
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