OUR CHOICE

Reviewed 5/14/2010

Our Choice, by Al Gore
Cover shown is revised edition.
Access to this book courtesy of the
San Jose, CA Public Library
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

Table of Contents

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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