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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
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challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Beautifully written treatise on the dire state of our world in the face of climate change. As I write this, Maui has just burned, British Columbia and Eastern WA are burning, a hurricane is flooding California deserts, and the entire middle section of the US is experiencing temperatures over 100 for weeks at a time. Globally, over 450,000 people die each year from heat.
This book is essential and terrifying. The author ends by saying he feels hopeful as he sees all the young scientists across the world working to stop the burning of fossil fuels - that’s the ONLY thing that will begin to cool off the planet. I didn’t feel any hope at all when I finished reading it. I did, however, learn an extraordinary amount of information about how plants, humans, and heat work.
Everyone should read this book. It’s good and it’s important.
This book is essential and terrifying. The author ends by saying he feels hopeful as he sees all the young scientists across the world working to stop the burning of fossil fuels - that’s the ONLY thing that will begin to cool off the planet. I didn’t feel any hope at all when I finished reading it. I did, however, learn an extraordinary amount of information about how plants, humans, and heat work.
Everyone should read this book. It’s good and it’s important.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Chronic illness, and Racism
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