Going Dark
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1629074284 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 162 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Donovan C. Wilkin said A COMPELLING WARNING ABOUT PROBABLE NEAR-TERM HUMAN EXTINCTION BY A THOUGHTFUL SCIENTIST. I taught with Guy at the U of AZ. I know how careful an environmental scientist he was and, when he is concerned to the point of anguish, everyone should be. A compelling argument for the probability of near-term human extinction that doesn't offer a fluffy pillow of false hope yet implores everyone to do. Read this Book if You Dare Guy McPherson gathers the freely available scientific information that anyone, with the time and knowledge of where to look, can read, which will tell the sad truth of why the human species is doomed to near term extinction (30 years or less, perhaps in as little as ten). He wants to put a smiley face on . The Hero of Empire R. Craig Just finished Guy McPherson's latest, Going Dark, and its a curiously invigorating work, curious in that he's talking about the end of the world in our lifetimes, and his exile and harassment by the academic community. Maybe its because in GM I find a voice I rarely hear, a voice of truth and reason, or m
He suggests we act with the kind of empathy for which humans are renowned. In the wake of this horrific conclusion, conservation biologist Guy McPherson proposes we act with compassion, courage, and creativity. Beyond the warnings is a body of thoughtful and pragmatic real world ideas."" "Going Dark peels the shadow from the cozy dreams we've all bought into. Going Dark is the story of one scientist's response to the horrors we face. How shall we respond? How shall we act? If industrial civilization is maintained, climate change will cause human extinction in the near term. If industrial civilization falls, sufficient ionizing radiation will be released from the world's nuclear power plants to cause human extinctio