Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The Story of More

or everything you wanted to know about Climate Science by the author of Lab Girl.

I enjoyed the short and concise book that covers a broad range of environmental issues facing today's world. The author focuses on the 50 years since she was born in 1969 from the prospectus of someone who grew up in America's heartland. She mixes in interesting stories and factoids that make the material more interesting and relatable. Her message to the developed countries is that we need to conserve and share all of the Earth's food, energy, and other resources.
More than once she states that our energy consumption should be no more than the Swiss in the 1960's. Each of us should use less plastic, eat less meat, drive less, fly less, and use less energy. She downplays wind and solar (<5%) and technology in general for solving our "Story of More." It is up to each of us to save ourselves by consuming less.

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