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Bezig met laden... An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (origineel 2006; editie 2006)door Al Gore (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkEen ongemakkelijke waarheid het gevaar van het broeikaseffect en wat we eraan kunnen doen door Al Gore (2006)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is very tolerable pop-science. Gore keeps it rather simple, and changes voice pretty frequently. Sometimes he gives personal details about his own involvement in various political efforts having to do with global warming. Other chapters simply discuss the extent, mechanisms, and impact of climate change. The talk about God is, no doubt, politically necessary, even for an erstwhile presidential candidate.
Mr. Gore does a cogent job of explaining how global warming can disrupt delicate ecological balances, resulting in the spread of pests (like the pine beetle, whose migration used to be slowed by colder winters), increases in the range of disease vectors (including mosquitoes, ticks and fleas), and the extinction of a growing number of species. Heeft als vervolg (buiten de reeks)Heeft de bewerking
With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)363.73874Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Other social problems and services Environmental problems Environmental problems Pollutants Fumes, gases, smoke Greenhouse gasesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The problem with the text is its most important feature: while simplifying the dialogue for easy access it also sets the discussion around overly simplified messages and does not move beyond into realistic measures.
I believe that the doomsaying ends up threatening conservatives because it comes with suspicions of large government programs as the response. If Gore had been more focused on the potential policy choices rather than hockey sticks, the discussion would have been "what choices do we have" and more unifying in the dialogue, I believe. ( )