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Global Warming: Causes, Effects, and the Future

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Any book or DVD on this issue is necessary in my opinion.Its obvious that global change is taking effect.No doubt the devistating effect of ever increasing populations is the cause.The cars we drive,and the huge amount of fumes that come from them.The pulling down of those old trees makes me feel sad,to think how long they have been there then gone in an instant.I get to travel around a bit in my trade and i get involved in the building industry.I see the new housing estates,where there was once vast land with beautiful trees and wildlife,there is now streets being made,and houses being built.A funny thing happened to me recently.I was working in a house and i saw 2 ducks,they were swimming in a large puddle of water.It was probably 5 metres square,a house was going to be built there.For some reason it looked odd to me to see them there,i took a photograph.I went back inside continued working,next time i came out both ducks had wandered across the road right to where i was about 4 metres away from me.I had some bread in my car,so i fed them a slice.Then i looked around,and i said to myself,pretty soon these ducks are going to have nowhere to go.We keep pushing the wildlife further and further back.I felt sad about those 2 ducks i had made friends with.This is a very small example of it.I can recall as a child we had a swamp over the back fence,lots of frogs and birds were there,there is units there now its all gone.It can only go on for so long.How many times can populations double?The attitude seems to be "they will do something about it".The "they" is us.Its like the Titanic,it had to sink before they decided to have enough lifeboats for everyone.When Jesus walked he did not mention such issues,he had no problem with that those days.Pity he didnt,he covered most things except that.It makes you wonder how this genneration will be looked upon in years to come.

This book was disappointing for several reasons. It is only about 70 pages, and about half the space is devoted to pictures. It took me about an hour to read this (even looking at all the pictures). No notes or bibliography, just the typical claims that we are doomed with the typical political bias and little evidence to support the claims. This is more like a comic book for the already converted printed to be a fundraiser.

I have been reading books that represent both sides of this argument and would recommend Richard Alley's The Two Mile Time Machine or Spencer Weart's The Discovery of Global Warming if you want to read a couple of books that explain how these theories were developed.

If you want to read opposing points of view, try Meltdown by Patrick Michaels and Unbstoppable Global Warming by Fred Singer and Dennis Avery.

There is a new book out that I have not read yet, but looks interesting;

The Chilling Stars by Henrik Svensmark which appears to offer a completely unique perspective. I'm looking forward to reading it.

This book is intended to be an intoductory summary of global warming but it is light on evidence. The evidence is available and should be the center piece of this book. Instead it is skimmed.

The second updated edition of a classic treatise provides a fine review of what global warming is and how it's affecting the planet. Where similar books sport a weighty appearance lending to college-level pursuit, this slim paperback offers a more user-friendly presentation making it a fine recommendation to both high school and general-interest public library collections, especially in light of the numerous color photos throughout.