The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal, and Gas. So How Do We Quit?

by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark

Book Overview

The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most fascinating scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. One reason is that saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Another reason is that clean energy sources don't in themselves slow the rate of fossil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771640073
• ISBN13: 9781771640077
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"