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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Bill Gates
3.97 AVERAGE
953 reviews for:
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Bill Gates
3.97 AVERAGE
Provide a balanced view on pathways to a zero emission world.
As the author wishes, I think we should have more open, pragmatic and constructive discussion on various technological options towards zero emissions.
As the author wishes, I think we should have more open, pragmatic and constructive discussion on various technological options towards zero emissions.
There's a lot I don't agree with here, including his support for the Green Revolution and chemical fertilizers ("use it, and use lots of it!"), and of course, his unwavering belief in the power of the Market and technology. However, this book is powerfully clear, and provides a hopeful roadmap. Quick, timely read.
An accessible, quick read--the current situation and a realistic approach at a solution are presented clearly. The book has given me greater hope that civilization will be able to survive this than anything I have read before.
Certamente está entre os melhores livros que eu já li!
Bill Gates fez um excelente trabalho.
Gates tenta ser otimista, mas em alguns momentos é possível perceber a angústia pelo imenso problema que enfrentaremos.
Bill Gates fez um excelente trabalho.
Gates tenta ser otimista, mas em alguns momentos é possível perceber a angústia pelo imenso problema que enfrentaremos.
Very informational. This is a great book for understanding more about climate change and the difficulties we face in trying to reverse it, but of course it’s not all that entertaining. It’s worth educating yourself on though.
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
I actually found this book really informative as it caused me to look at renewable energy and steps we must take in a more detailed way that considers all factors - seasonal changes, cost differences, and global poverty. It’s all just a bit rich having this narration by one of the richest, most powerful and influential men in the world, since I think he could be doing more, lol. I would rank it lower because of this and because there’s not a clear way how we can avoid a climate disaster (I actually feel worse than I do before, since it’s going to require the majority of the population and our leaders to passionately want to do the right thing), but I do feel like it was well explained.
As someone who was concerned enough about climate change even as a kid to announce on stage "I must visit Antarctica before it melts!" and as a young adult to make it her career (and then to become deeply disillusioned about the hopelessness of it all), I will say that this book gave me a small, tiny kernel of hope. Although the path ahead is difficult and honestly, seemingly impossible, it's not 100% impossible and this book helps to present a clear path to how we can avoid the catastrophe that I have always felt sure would happen.
Gates takes an overwhelming complex problem and tackles it in an understandable and readable way. I appreciated the way he reframes the climate question, e.g., when presented with a possible solution, how much of the 51B tons of greenhouse gases will it remove? There's a lot of criticism for this book and for the fact that Gates wrote it, but I think presenting this argument in terms of capital (how much more will we pay for the "green premiums"?) and in terms of national self interest (this is not "charity") is critical for reaching a wider audience and making a more realistic plan for how we can get to zero by 2050. Also, this is one of the biggest problems facing us humans, the Earth, and everything else that lives on it that we're killing off, so if more folks throw in their two-cents on how we can get to zero and reach new audiences, I'm all for it!
Gates is a billionaire... who cares? In 500 million years, after we've destroyed the Earth and initiated a mass extinction and rats end up surviving to evolve into the next intelligent creature, who will care then??
Gates takes an overwhelming complex problem and tackles it in an understandable and readable way. I appreciated the way he reframes the climate question, e.g., when presented with a possible solution, how much of the 51B tons of greenhouse gases will it remove? There's a lot of criticism for this book and for the fact that Gates wrote it, but I think presenting this argument in terms of capital (how much more will we pay for the "green premiums"?) and in terms of national self interest (this is not "charity") is critical for reaching a wider audience and making a more realistic plan for how we can get to zero by 2050. Also, this is one of the biggest problems facing us humans, the Earth, and everything else that lives on it that we're killing off, so if more folks throw in their two-cents on how we can get to zero and reach new audiences, I'm all for it!
Gates is a billionaire... who cares? In 500 million years, after we've destroyed the Earth and initiated a mass extinction and rats end up surviving to evolve into the next intelligent creature, who will care then??
Gates’ is unbelievably imaginative and optimistic about investment based technological innovation coming to save the day. Simultaneously he’s unable to extend that imagination to shifts in political landscape or human behavior. It’s both a realist perspective and deeply pissed me off. He lays out how the first 80% emission reductions will be substantially easier than getting to net zero and then feels no need to address the challenges around behavioral or political change that will be required to fully achieve net zero. short of “eat less meat” & “deregulate nuclear” & “build out grids now”. Informative but completely fails to confront some very important large questions.