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BookBrowse Reviews The Suicidal Planet: An overview on global warming--and what we can do about it--from a world-class authority

The Suicidal Planet
How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe
by Mayer Hillman
Hardcover, Apr 2007,
304 pages.
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From the book jacket: Climate change is the single biggest problem that humankind has ever had to face, as we continue with lifestyles that are way beyond the planet's limits. Mayer Hillman explains the real issues: what role technology can play, how you and your community can make changes, and what governments must do now to protect our planet for future generations. In The Suicidal Planet, he proposes:

  • A ceiling on greenhouse gas emissions by the world's governments.
  • Global carbon rationing to reduce our individal carbon outputs to a fair and ecologically safe level.
  • Helpful guidelines for the home, travel, and leisure.
  • And much, much more.

Featuring the very latest information on global warming completely revised to include U.S. facts and figures, The Suicidal Planet...

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According to The Suicidal Planet:

  • On a per capita basis the USA contributes 5-times the global average of carbon emissions. The European Community's per capita contribution is half that of the USA. China's per capita contribution is less than 1/5 of the USA. At the bottom of the league table are countries like Afghanistan that contribute less than 500th of the USA's levels on a per capita basis.

  • If everybody consumed as much as individuals in the USA, we would need 5 planets from which to provide the resources and deal with the waste.

  • Global temperatures rose by 1.1°F in the last century, with two-thirds of this in the past 40 years. Alaska has seen an average temperature...
This review is from the May 10, 2007 issue of BookBrowse Recommends. Click here to go to this issue.
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