Earth in the balance
by Al Gore, Albert Gore · first published 1992
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Presents a comprehensive plan for saving the environment by addressing population, technology, and education.
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…overwhelming. Don't forget that Al Gore, who Wikipedia calls an "environmentalist" in the very first sentence, has been on their Board of Directors for many years.[1] Twenty eight years ago he wrote the book Earth in the Balance to warn us about ecological problems. He's taken millions of dollars from Apple, and together they've done jack-shit about repairability. There is some argument to be made for lower repairability in…
on “Lessons Learned from Dealing with an iMac’s Dead SSD” ↗…decades," "up to 60 percent of the present population of Florida may have to be relocated." What's missing is the text in between, or even a diaeresis. The quotes come from Gore's 1993 book "Earth in the Balance". The more complete context, not given in the opinion piece, is, quoting https://archive.org/details/earthinbalanceec00gore_0/page/n1... : "About 10 million residents of Bangladesh will lose…
on “Al Gore predicted FL would lose 60% of its population due to climate change” ↗