OUR CHOICE

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OUR CHOICE A Plan To Solve the Climate Crisis Al Gore Emmaus, PA: Rodale, November 2009				Rating: 5.0 High
ISBN-13 978-1-59486-734-7
ISBN-10 1-59486-734-8	415pp.	SC/LF/FCI	$26.99

The Crisis
	Introduction	10
1	What Goes Up Must Come Down	30
Our Sources of Energy
2	Where Our Energy Comes From and Where It Goes	50
3	Electricity From the Sun	62
4	Harvesting the Wind	76
5	Soaking Up Geothermal Energy	92
6	Growing Fuel	112
7	Carbon Capture and Sequestration	134
8	The Nuclear Option	150
Living Systems
9	Forests	170
10	Soil	196
11	Population	224
How We Use Energy
12	Less Is More	242
13	The Super Grid	272
The Obstacles We Need To Overcome
14	Changing the Way We Think	298
15	The True Cost of Carbon	318
16	Political Obstacles	348
Going Far Quickly
17	The Power of Information	370
18	Our Choice	392

	Index	406
	Acknowledgments	411
	Credits	415

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