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The collapse of western civilization, a view from the future, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Label
The collapse of western civilization, a view from the future, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The collapse of western civilization
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
863195588
Responsibility statement
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
Sub title
a view from the future
Summary
In 2393, a historian of the Second People's Republic of China reviews the "Penumbral Age" (1988-2093), when politicians, corporations, and scientists ignored the statistical significance of climate disaster. Carbon dioxide warming the planet, deadly summer heat and fires, and the collapse of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet lead to a second Black Death and "the Great Collapse" of the Western world
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The coming of the penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue
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