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Author Alley, Richard B.

Title Earth : the operators' manual / Richard B. Alley.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
©2011

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 Moore Stacks  TJ163.2 .A43 2011    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  TJ163.2 .A43 2011    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  TJ163.2 .A43 2011    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. The burning question -- Prepare to come about -- Burning to learn -- Peak trees and peak whale oil -- pt. 2. Learning while we burn -- Fossil fuelish--some telling facts -- Abraham Lincoln or your brother-in-law? -- Red, white, and blue-green -- Canting the kayak -- Why accountants and physicists care about the past -- The moving finger writes -- And having writ, moves on -- The great ice that covers the land -- Kindergarten soccer and the last century of climate -- But my brother-in-law said... -- The future -- Valuing the future -- pt. 3. The road to ten billion smiling people -- Toilets and the smart grid -- Sustainable solutions on the wind -- Sun and water -- Down by the sea, where the water power grows -- Power from the land -- Put it where the sun doesn't shine: nuclear energy and carbon sequestration -- Conservation--why saving energy doesn't mean sitting around in the dark -- Game-changers? Geoengineering, fusion, and... -- Ten billion and smiling.
Summary Since the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users. And this is a good thing; our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has allowed us to be the dominant species on the planet. However, this mastery comes with a price: we are changing our environment in a profoundly negative way by heating it up. Using one engaging story after another, coupled with accessible scientific facts, the author explores the history of energy use by humans over the centuries, gives a doubt-destroying proof that already-high levels of carbon dioxide are causing damaging global warming, and surveys the alternative energy options that are available to exploit right now. These new energy sources might well be the engines for economic growth in the twenty-first century. --From publisher description.
Credits Director of photography, Art Howard ; editor/2nd camera, Andrew Quinn ; researcher, Evantheia Schibsted ; music, DeWolfe Music.
Performer Presenter/science editor, Richard Alley.
Subject Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- History.
Energy development -- Environmental aspects.
History.
Renewable energy sources.
Renewable energy sources.
Global warming.
Global warming.
Genre/Form History.
ISBN 0393081095 hardcover
9780393081091 hardcover
Standard No. 40019226616