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How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
5.0
Smil uses real numbers and objective analysis to see where we're going.
It's pretty bad.
It's not extinction (for us), but we're not getting away from fossil fuels anytime soon. There's just no way. And even if there were a way, the countries of the world couldn't cooperate to get it done.
We're causing a mass extinction, but the only realistic way to avoid going over the climate cliff is for each human to use a lot less energy.
A depressing but important read.
It's pretty bad.
It's not extinction (for us), but we're not getting away from fossil fuels anytime soon. There's just no way. And even if there were a way, the countries of the world couldn't cooperate to get it done.
We're causing a mass extinction, but the only realistic way to avoid going over the climate cliff is for each human to use a lot less energy.
A depressing but important read.