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Hey,
So I just finished up Eaarth by Bill McKibben. Mr. McKibben has been writing on global warming issues for a number of years now. In this short book, he lays out the case that not only is global warming happening, it's happening a lot faster than people formerly predicted. Essentially, human activity has changed the planet we live on and the "new normal" is a lot rougher than what we've grown up to expect from the planet. His goal in the book is to lay out ideas for how we as a species cope and adapt to a newer, harsher "Eaarth".
It was a little thin. One of his key points is that we will need to move to a more decentralized and parochial existence. If food and energy are produced locally, weather disasters to distant supply chains won't hurt as much (though it will be awful for that other locality). So solutions will have to be tailored to different regions. But he goes on with anecdotes about local farms and energy and never really ties together a comprehensive "here's what life might be like in the future" kind of deal. It wouldn't (and shouldn't) be presented as a one size fits all solution, but it would be nice to showcase a single package with some concrete ideas fully fleshed out.
It was a good read, I just wish there was more.
later
Tom
So I just finished up Eaarth by Bill McKibben. Mr. McKibben has been writing on global warming issues for a number of years now. In this short book, he lays out the case that not only is global warming happening, it's happening a lot faster than people formerly predicted. Essentially, human activity has changed the planet we live on and the "new normal" is a lot rougher than what we've grown up to expect from the planet. His goal in the book is to lay out ideas for how we as a species cope and adapt to a newer, harsher "Eaarth".
It was a little thin. One of his key points is that we will need to move to a more decentralized and parochial existence. If food and energy are produced locally, weather disasters to distant supply chains won't hurt as much (though it will be awful for that other locality). So solutions will have to be tailored to different regions. But he goes on with anecdotes about local farms and energy and never really ties together a comprehensive "here's what life might be like in the future" kind of deal. It wouldn't (and shouldn't) be presented as a one size fits all solution, but it would be nice to showcase a single package with some concrete ideas fully fleshed out.
It was a good read, I just wish there was more.
later
Tom
