Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030
Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030 – Review
Thermageddon is a excellent example of the elitism that makes subsequently many people hate environmentalists. I could rant about Robert Hunter’s racism and sexism and the hysterical pseudo-science he resorts to in this book, but I’ll only say this: according to Thermageddon, Hunter has at least 3 children and those children are sexually reproducing as fast as they can. If Hunter believes that he and his offspring have the right to bring as many children into this overcrowded world as they please, how dare he tell the apparently suffering masses of China they can’t enjoy air conditioning or automobiles? Apocalyptic weather forecasts like those in Thermageddon may sell a portion of books, but they miss the point. Human beings can survive harsh climate change. What we can’t survive is the destruction of the oceans, the cost of biodiversity and clean water resources and 10 billion people on this planet…