Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era
Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era – Review
Jeremy Leggett has written an great book. A one time petroleum geologist explaining at the London School of Mines, in the 1980s Dr Leggett eventually became concerned about climate change from carbon dioxide make up in the atmosphere. He eventually gave up a rich career to become a lobbyist for the ecological movement. In this role he has finally met all the major characters fighting and supporting greenhouse gas treaties. He describes not only the science, the politics, and the economics of the global warming issue, but also the personalities in "the Carbon War." between the fossil fuel industry on one hand and the environmental lobby on the other. The insights into both parts of this prolonged war are equally fascinating – as are the various dirty tricks campaigns employed by the fossil fuel brigade. Dr Leggett writes not from the group of a scientist, but with the passion of someone with a central message to sell and a fundamental cause to push. As premier science writer John Gribbin reportedly said on the book’s front cover "the greatest book yet about the politics of global warming."