THE GOD SPECIES SAVING THE PLANET IN THE AGE OF HUMANS 1ST EDITION DOWNLOAD FREE Mark Lynas | 9781426208911 | | | | | Mark Lynas I've been recommending this book to everyone, and I recommend it to you, too. Okay, this is going to be a long review, since I will collect almost all of my blog posts on this book I did last year on Lenz Blog. He gets 2 stars--one for nuclear power and one for promoting genetically modified food as a "green" technology. Three large rocky planets orbit the star at the center of our solar system: Venus, Earth, and Mars. This latter position was attacked as patronising and naive by some developing world commentators, including one featured in a Channel Four debate after the programme aired. Rather importantly, it puts climate change in the context of a larger global set of problems that need highlighting. Or that in comparison to the electricity actually consumed in France the generation percentage of nuclear and renewable energy is already over percent. If the German government had had its way, all of Tokyo would have been evacuated. This attitude pervades his book, and he reserves most of his ire for leftists who continue to take anti-science positions on key environmental issues. You will get thumb-ache reading this edition through the night. We have wiped out countless species and are now heating the planet, poisoning the oceans, and transforming the atmosphere. But their convenient fictions chime with the thinking of the new establishment: corporations, thinktanks, neoliberal politicians. As mentioned before, the Fukushima accident would be a good opportunity to just dump a lot of low-level radioactive water in the sea and then use the hysterical irrational fear of radiation to declare a large area around the site completely off limits for fishers. Not one of the most enjoyable books I've read recently, but certainly one of the most important. Unless you are going to allow yourself to pull the same cherry-picking tricks as the climate-change deniers, you will need to allow that his is a set of conclusions grounded in the best science available. This article needs additional citations The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition verification. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. These propose specific limits on carbon dioxide emissions, farming land use, biodiversity loss, chemical pollution, and ocean acidification. For one, generation and consumption would all be done in one stable industrialised country. Advocate for nuclear power. The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition must read for those who crave a pragmatic outlook on the issues. If people want fuel efficient cars, they will buy them and they do--hello, Prius C. But it will demand an aggressively pragmatic and bold attitude to get us there. This dazzling The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition collection reveals exquisite moments in time held still. The prescriptions in this book will anger some environmentalists, in spite of the author's sterling environmental credentials. Again, the climate boundary is the most important of them all. For example: 1. I'll stop there, but the list goes on. This post will discuss one point made in chapter six water. Let's have an honest debate about the best ways to accomplish things. National Geographic Stunning Photographs. This is why I want to see more nuclear power in the UK and elsewhere, in order to avoid more carbon emissions". Friend Reviews. For example, he suggested that opposition by environmentalists, such as himself, to the development of nuclear energy had speeded up climate change, and that GM crops were necessary to feed the world. Other Editions 7. For most, the book is going to be emotionally draining. The God Species incorporates not only ecology but also politics and economics in the environmental-protection arena. The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans Overall there is a sense that this book simplifies and selectively presents evidence that supports his World view i. Homo sapiens have acquired God-like powers to transform the world and destroy life. We do. Get it to that point and then we'll talk. Jul 09, Bricoleur David Soul is currently reading it. Not always convinced by the depth of research and accuracy, nor that the potential ways forward have been fully thought through but altogether a good overview. Lynas writes a fortnightly column for the New Statesman magazine, and is a regular contributor to the Guardian. Lynas provides a good overview of the planetary boundaries that we must figure out how to live within, and challenges the assumptions of many environmentalists on what will be needed to achieve those goals. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. That the author used to be one of these muddleheaded romantics himself makes it all the more convincing. Show More. Retrieved 22 July The sections on species loss are especially harsh, as we are currently witnessing the most rapid extinction event since the end of the dinosaurs. More filters. This article about a book on the environment is a The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition. Why the Earth has become—and has remained—a habitable planet is one of the most extraordinary stories in science. The boundaries--which cover things such as the maximum amount of CO2 in the environment, the maximum sustainable loss of spe This is a very provocative analysis of the current environmental issues facing the earth. Only they can provide the food for the billions of future inhabitants that will populate our planet, Lynas claims. How about just letting people decide for themselves? The public is in terrible need of a discussion along the lines that Lynas proposes in his book. I can accept that maybe the risks of climate change are greater than these risks, and therefore lesser evils need to be accepted and dealt with, but these are not insignificant. Sep 06, Elizabeth Hauke rated it liked it. Worried about global warming? More to come To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. I agree with the solutions given by The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition author. The Guardian. It conveys the urgency and the current standing of the humanity but since the book was written in the data might be a little outdated. Other Editions 7. At footnote 46, Lynas reports that there was a temperature rise in Greenland On the other hand, this will not work well in the Gobi desert, which is much too far away from any source of salt water. A fantastic read. With wind energy, I recognize the need to keep damage to birds and bats as low as possible. This concept is a central plank of systems theory, and seems to apply universally to successful complex systems from the internet to ant colonies. It is our choice what happens from here. That might be somewhat more controversial. Lynas discusses energy from the desert at footnotes 64 and following. Or that in comparison to the electricity actually consumed in France the generation percentage of nuclear and renewable energy is already over percent. Jan 05, Jan Denn rated it it was amazing Shelves: nonfiction. However to me it felt like the author downplayed the misuse The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition fertilizers in favor of increased use towards lesser land use per capita. While I plan to discuss it here once I get it on my Kindle, it might be fun to briefly note a couple of thoughts going through my head when reading just that title. The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans by Mark Lynas – review If there was no anti-nuclear movement, Fukushima One might have been replaced ten years ago by a state-of-the-art Thorium reactor or fast breeder with absolutely fail-safe passive safety designs that rely only on gravity. Some of the authors recommendations may seem controversial, but I honestly believe he shows a realistic way to resolve environmental issues. This astounding four-billion-year track record of self-regulating success makes the Earth unique certainly in the solar system and possibly the entire universe. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I'd say that his central suggestion that strong governmental policy is needed on a global scale is spot The God Species Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans 1st edition, but I think he places too much faith in markets to sort out our various Loads of studied insight, but with many unsavoury suggestions. That the author used to be one of these muddleheaded romantics himself makes it all the more convincing. The book presents certain boundaries, or thresholds, that should be kept in check if we want to experience prosperity while living in harmony with our nonhuman friends. A brisk counter- punch to the scientifically-illiterate western middle-class types who hope to persuade the relatively impoverished majority of humanity to give up any hope of a future of increased personal comfort such as they themselves enjoy in order to be dirt-poor subsistence farmers, despite the fact that even if we we tilled every inch of the earth we would still require to somehow magic away half of the present world population. He invented the secondary condenser, which transformed the efficiency of existing steam engines. Mark Lynas. Unfortunately, while humans have great powers to change things, not all of these changes are thought through and sustainable in the long run.