Electricity Vs Fire The Fight For Our Future Walt Patterson
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The Fire Age began before the Stone Age. It began even before homo sapiens - but we are still in it. We take fire for granted. Most of the time, in rich countries, we no longer even realize when we use it. We think of fire as a key to civilization. But fire's greatest contribution may be making possible the human control of electricity. Electricity, in turn, may save us from fire.
For all its usefulness and appeal, fire is actually violent and extreme. Fire in car engines, household heaters, factory furnaces and power station boilers is making the air in major cities around the world poisonous, almost unbreathable. The commonest gas that fire produces, carbon dioxide, is relentlessly heating up the planet. The way we use fire now threatens the future of human society.
Much of what we used to do with fire we can now do with electricity - making light, exerting force, moving things, managing information. But we still use fire far too much, and we still make too much of our electricity with fire. If we are to keep our planet habitable, that must change. We need urgently to move beyond the Fire Age.
Electricity Vs Fire The Fight For Our Future Walt Patterson
For years, we have worried about energy, by which we usually meant oil (as in 'the energy crisis'), but were actually worrying about fire. Walt Patterson clarifies this difference and proposes a future where all the ways we use fire are replaced by electricity (fire-free) and intelligence, i.e. well-built structures that are easy to heat and cool, well-built tools and other commodities, durable clothing, etc His book is inspirational and offers a hopeful vision of the future, which should clarify our efforts to stem global warming.Product details
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Electricity Vs Fire The Fight For Our Future Walt Patterson Reviews
Walt Patterson, a good friend, is the clearest thinker and writer about our present dilemma--whether to keep burning coal, gas, oil, uranium to power our civilization--of anyone. He goes back to muse on how and when human precursors first tamed fire and paints an overall picture that is sobering, enlightening, and enjoyable to read. I can't recommend it too highly.
Because its the most modern and precise way to study the energy sector. Its the vision that the world needs.
For years, we have worried about energy, by which we usually meant oil (as in 'the energy crisis'), but were actually worrying about fire. Walt Patterson clarifies this difference and proposes a future where all the ways we use fire are replaced by electricity (fire-free) and intelligence, i.e. well-built structures that are easy to heat and cool, well-built tools and other commodities, durable clothing, etc His book is inspirational and offers a hopeful vision of the future, which should clarify our efforts to stem global warming.
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