Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

This book is a great addition to many public libraries, and for individuals and families engaged in climate activism. Both a technical and artistic accomplishment with one hundred proven ideas for stabilizing carbon dioxide, there should be a wave of parliamentarians who start applying the methods, such as, tropical forest conservation, solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaic, permaculture or perennial crops, geothermal, and electric cars. Each one of these and dozens more are described with three page detailed summaries, charts, and top quality color photos. Coordinating the strategies, like all climate campaigners know, is very difficult. A gasoline tax of twenty five cents per gallon would support electric cars, trains, buses, and local agriculture, with the carbon intensive option of distant agriculture becoming more expensive. On the other hand, any new tax on the middle class and working class means it is usually, but not necessarily, more challenging for people to improve homes with insulation, rooftop solar, and for the same people to eat more plant rich diets. Finally, the is a challenge with rogue nations. If only half or three quarters of the large nations are proactive climate, and nations like India, South Africa, Mexico, and Indonesia are slow with climate progress then short term benefits to the climate will be thwarted. Carbon drawdown is still important since the total amount of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere is what drives global warming, however, the short-term gains we should be seeing from projects like rooftop solar and forest conservation in temperate regions are frequently going to be outweighed by excessive coal use in the Global South and the destruction of the tropical rainforests. Many of the carbon drawdown strategies can buy time for large-scale energy transitions. Just how much time we are buying is uncertain. Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are an important strategy. Desert areas may have EGS over hundreds and thousands of square miles, in the next five years, if nuclear explosives are used by the US and other leading governments (tactical nuclear weapons used a half mile to one mile underground). The technological proposals in the 1960s for "nuclear plowshares" which were focused on canal construction and mining, can be applied to geothermal energy. The 2030 goal of 50% carbon dioxide reductions set by the IPCC is therefore more feasible than generally understood. Geothermal sources in the lower part of Earth's crust and upper mantle can be accessed far better than with ordinary geothermal wells.

So far so good. I never write reviews (this is the first Amazon review I ever ever written). If you buy this book, and I think you should, then please buy the hard copy of it and not the ebook. This is a beautiful, wonderful book (even though a "paperback"). It has very nice photos, it is oversized, and it's layout is very nice. It is a thoughtful, futuristic-focused book. Topics are laid out nicely, and it is well organized. Most important, it is not "preachy", but informative. I am struck by the notion that trends point to the FACT that warming is occurring on a global scale, and this FACT will effect the life-style of humans on the planet. Even if the warming is NOT caused by human actions (unlikely to impossible), that does not mean that we shouldn't bring to bear our resources and our expertise to slow it down/stop it/mitigate it. That is the tone of this book. And while it is probably NOT really "the most comprehensive PLAN ever proposed to reverse global warmimg", it IS a great overview of where we are, how we got here, and what kinds of things we ARE doing and we CAN do to nudge the living systems on which we are dependent in a positive manner.

I am a technical person and am very concerned about combating climate change. This book provides 80 practical solutions, which, if applied, will draw-down carbon from the atmosphere to a level that will continue supporting human life. Some solutions can be applied by all of us, as individuals (e.g. eat a plant-based diet, reduce food waste). Other solutions (large-scale wind and solar) are applied collectively, but individuals can work with officials to deploy these on quicker time-frames. This is an incredibly important book and lays out the roadmap for our future. You can also look at their website (largely equivalent information to the book) at www.drawdown.org I am not paid by drawdown, nor am I paid by anyone to work on climate change.

画期的名著 ポールホーケンの独特の語り口は、時々高尚かつ文学的で、やや科学的説得力という面では弱く感じる向きもあるかも

The authors due not gloss over the potential looming disaster that climate change represents.They do present a granular analysis of the muliple causes of climate change and potential solutions and mitigations. It is informative, empowering and ultimately hopeful. I learned loads and was particularly struck by the many win/win solutions that can reduce emissions, improve biodiversity, improve the lives of poor communities and/or save money over all. Potentially a book to inform the diference any one can make through life style changes, giving money and campaigning. Also a very good book for young adults or students thinking about career and other life choices.

Es un libro con gran contenido, con conceptos bastante bien definidos, temas complejos simplificado para una fácil entrada. Recomendado

Il miglior libro completo di tutte le soluzioni al cambiamento climatico e non solo! Per me, ingegnere ambientale, un vero manuale completo per la mia professione ..a 360°!!

The book a wide range of topics, but if you are deep into one topic there is not much for you here. It gives you an impression of what else is important, which makes the book worth its money. You get a wider perspective of the catastrophe