Climate wars
by Gwynne Dyer · first published 2008
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"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is
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…defecting. Carbon tax evasion and carbon tax loopholes and carbon tax havens, or whatever the gasey equivalents of monetary tax mess are. A great book (though slightly dated now) on climate change is "Climate Wars" by Gwynne Dyer. He's a shining beacon journalist and an ex soldier-scholar tip. He made the argument (I'm paraphrasing) that we're lucky we hit this problem now, when we have a chance of cooperating…
on “The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change” ↗…come back year after year * The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz. Somewhat presumptuously, I bought multiple copies and sent them to some of my friends/acquaintances that were CEOs. * Climate Wars, by Gwynne Dyer. This mix of fiction and non fiction really brought the climate change crisis to my attention.
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗This book, a mix of research and speculation (chapter by chapter) was helpful to me in making the abstract threat of climate change real: https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Wars-Fight-Survival-Overheats... It will definitely change geopolitics for the foreseeable future.
on “Why We Stink at Tackling Climate Change” ↗I loved "Climate Wars" by Gwynne Dyer: https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Wars-Fight-Survival-Overheats... If you are looking for a fictional take, check out "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Knife-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/08041...
on “Ask HN: Good Books on Climate Change?” ↗If you are interested in a prescient look at how climate change will impact geopolitics: https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Wars-Fight-Survival-Overheats... The author intersperses nonfiction summaries (from 2011, so a bit dated) with fictional accounts of geopolitical conflict. Super scary but eye opening.
on “Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red” ↗This book outlines various geopolitical climate change reactions. http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Wars-Fight-Survival-Overheats/... The last scenario talks about, if I recall correctly, the oceans becoming more welcoming to bacteria that produce hydrogen sulfide. Sorry, I don't remember the details,…
on “Antibiotic resistance now 'global threat', WHO warns” ↗