
Carbon Blues
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A detailed examination of the history of climate change and its present and future consequences, Carbon Blues traces the essential economic importance of coal in the nineteenth century and oil in the twentieth, emphasizing the role of the automobile and the internal combustion engine in the dereliction of our planet. Exposing campaigns to mislead the public, Mike Mason reveals that the fatal consequences of CO2 and NO2 have been widely known for decades but successfully discounted and manipulated by the carbon lobby led by Exxon, BP, figures such as the Koch brothers, and democratically elected governments. The book underlines the disturbing truth: that despite current attempts to remediate climate change, the harm already done - melting polar ice and the warming and rising of the seas - will be virtually irreversible.
As the fight against climate change comes to a head, Carbon Blues searches for fruitful ways forward.
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"It is worth saying that it is preposterous that in a world where we can get energy from the sun, the wind, and the tides -- all above ground -- we still get energy by sending miners underground to dig coal, and by defacing the landscape in search of oil and with the construction of pipelines. Carbon Blues is a timely synthesis of the daunting subject of climate change and makes an important contribution to discourse on the topic in society and in the classroom." Laurel Sefton MacDowell, University of Toronto and author of An Environmental History of Canada "In this solidly-written book, Mason, author of Turbulent Empires, sweeps through a variety of contexts related to climate change, history, current events, and the future. Many of today's climate change narratives are depressing. To some it feels as if society is collectively singling the blues. To some it feels as it society is collectively singling the blues. Mason's test is written in this vein, though there is a bit of jazz to be found in it as well." ChoiceMore details
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