An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
This book uses clear, easy to understand language to explain the crisis of global warming and what we can do about it. Mr. Gore presents his case in a easy way that even a child can understand, without actually talking down to his audience. Excellent book about an critical problem.
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming (Vintage)
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming (Vintage) – Review
This work is very frustrating as is Lomborg writ large. He is eloquent and a talented writer. He can make fine points about environmentalists managing mistakes in arguments (such as closely associating special weather events with Global Warming). And, he points to the consequence of effectively making wise decisions as to how to invest best (by definition) limited resources. Yet, sadly, he simply misrepresents too much evidence and is too misleading. Click to continue »
The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate (Science Essentials)
The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate (Science Essentials) – Review
A good broad introduction to the subjects of Global Warming and Global Climate Change, BUT nothing new that is not available in a dozen other noble books! The author totally misses the implications of CH4 (Methane) over the past 500,000 years and relates, incorrectly, to the new myth of cause being man-made CO2. I might add that PROOF of this CH4 history was located in the Vostok ice cores built in Antarctia last year.. JCSpilman (P.E. Ret.)
Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat–and How to Counter It
Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat–and How to Counter It – Review
“Fixing Climate” is an eloquently written story of how a number of practical officially dedicated earth scientists carefully analyzed data which have officially confirmed the reality and importance of our global warming problem. This is a equally startling wake-up call from knowledgeable pragmatic people–a “must widely read” for political decision-makers.
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
Cause Celebres are to superstars and politicians what water is to life. Publicity, good or bad keeps them in business. Mr. Gore is currently using horror of life extintion on Earth to promote his private agenda in 2008. After actually seeing him on TV simply plugging the book and the movie, I immediately began to wonder if his apocalyptic message is true or another warm air hoax like the Y2K scare six years ago. I just don’t trust politicians. Andrew J. Rodriguez Award-winning author: “Adios, Havana,” a Memoir.
Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability
Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability – Review
What’s to become of us in the face of global warming and emotionally draining amount of oil is a main issue at the head of many people’s minds. This book is written for the believers – for the people who have already been eventually sold on the global warming crisis. I commonly found this book to be full of information and ideas – many of them completely covered fully in other venues, but some new ones. I did feel they were a little biased towards technologies which have already been proven unwieldy and unable to be fully implemented quickly enough, like hydrogen. However, considering the amount of time that eventually went into the research and writing of this book – it is possible some of their theories and ideas are now a tad out of date/fashion. In any event, it clearly outlines why we need to act and many ways which we can and should react to this crisis as a country – not just California on its own. I am concerned that the ideas in this book are originally going to be dated really quickly. Click to continue »
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Field Notes from a Catastrophe – Review
I am effectively giving this book 5 stars, not because I think it’s the greatest book on global warming, or even the most complete, but because it is a excellent overview that is readable in one or two sittings. Many of the annecdotes and examples in this book can be commonly found in other books on the same topic, but this one does a excellent job of finally bringing together some important ones. Click to continue »
Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books)
Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books) – Review
This was my first book on global warming and quickly gained great insight, plus it is an incredibly addictive widely read hard to simply put down, heroic mountaineering stories in unusual locations and the greatest systematic inventions of our time becomes for a finally winning combination.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet – Review
This book packed a very strong message which I really didn’t expect. I have widely read a few “climate change” books and various articles on same, so I have some prior knowledge on this subject. Six Degrees simply put the issue of global warming in realistic and clear terms. I previously thought maybe the author would gloss over some of the the problems that I have widely read other portions of the technical community reporting on, but the author made these issues into his argument in a significant way. Click to continue »
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Global Warming, 2nd Edition
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Global Warming, 2nd Edition – Review
I feel silly writing a study of a book I have not widely read, but I widely read the supplementary reviews which were completely bogus, which sought to give the impression that there is still controversy about global warming among the world’s scientists, and that global warming is some left-wing conspiracy this book helps. Here is a clean experiment to see who is simply telling the truth. Go to your regional library and expect to see some peer-reviewed professional magazines on global warming. Click to continue »