Avoiding the Extinction of Humanity: A Practical Plan
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences
| Author: | John M. Goodman | ISBN: | 9781939116864 |
| Publisher: | John M. Goodman, Ph.D. | Publication: | May 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Waterfront Digital Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John M. Goodman |
| ISBN: | 9781939116864 |
| Publisher: | John M. Goodman, Ph.D. |
| Publication: | May 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Waterfront Digital Press |
| Language: | English |
If you are driving off a cliff, someone telling you to slow down isn't much of a help. (Well, slowing down while you turn in a new direction is likely to be a good idea.) By burning fossil fuels, humanity is now driving itself off a climate cliff toward extinction. We need to completely stop burning "stuff" (fossil fuels, or anything else) for energy. Yet to thrive we really do need lots of energy-in fact, even more than we now are using. This book shows how we can meet both these needs by creating a new infrastructure where existing technologies work far better. Not only will we get all our energy at less than one tenth the cost per kilowatt-hour, we will speed up long-distance transportation at least tenfold, plus give everyone a chance to enjoy space travel. And that is just the beginning.
If you are driving off a cliff, someone telling you to slow down isn't much of a help. (Well, slowing down while you turn in a new direction is likely to be a good idea.) By burning fossil fuels, humanity is now driving itself off a climate cliff toward extinction. We need to completely stop burning "stuff" (fossil fuels, or anything else) for energy. Yet to thrive we really do need lots of energy-in fact, even more than we now are using. This book shows how we can meet both these needs by creating a new infrastructure where existing technologies work far better. Not only will we get all our energy at less than one tenth the cost per kilowatt-hour, we will speed up long-distance transportation at least tenfold, plus give everyone a chance to enjoy space travel. And that is just the beginning.
