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How to Live a Low-Carbon Life
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How to Live a Low-Carbon Life

The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change

Earthscan, 2007 más...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable

Recommendation

Despite the strong evidence for global warming, neither industries nor governments are changing their assumption that the world has an inexhaustible supply of inexpensive fossil fuel. Instead, individuals will make the difference, because consumer desires fuel the business cycle. In chapters that cover daily activities such as home heating, cooking, travel and use of appliances, Chris Goodall explains how you can reduce your carbon emissions from an average of 12.5 tons per year to three. Though the book sometimes bogs down in an overabundance of information, charts and formulas, getAbstract recommends it to individuals and organizations who want to learn how they can make an immediate difference.

Take-Aways

  • Individual behavioral change, not technology, will slow global warming.
  • Businesses and governments have no financial incentives to alter their behavior, so individuals must demand change.
  • Insulate your house and keep your thermostat on a low setting to reduce carbon emissions.

About the Author

Chris Goodall is the Green Party candidate in Oxford West and Abingdon. He runs a telecommunications software firm, and serves on the UK Competition Commission and Utilities Appeal Panel.


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