The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesFree Press, 2006 - 196 páginas Predicts a rise in ocean levels throughout the next few decades and more catastrophic weather patterns that are threatening some of the nation's largest cities, identifying the consequences of the past century's consumption of fossil fuels. |
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... farming . I do . The weather's just making it harder and harder . The unpredictability is a major factor in my thoughts of early retirement . I just never thought it would end this way . " But you don't have to be a farmer to notice the ...
... farming . I do . The weather's just making it harder and harder . The unpredictability is a major factor in my thoughts of early retirement . I just never thought it would end this way . " But you don't have to be a farmer to notice the ...
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... farmers can grow enough corn to meet the energy needs of millions of U.S. citizens . So it's good for farmers , good for the climate , and good for consumers like me . Now , having cut my electricity use in half and nearly eliminated ...
... farmers can grow enough corn to meet the energy needs of millions of U.S. citizens . So it's good for farmers , good for the climate , and good for consumers like me . Now , having cut my electricity use in half and nearly eliminated ...
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... farmer was a long way away , and getting our needed bushels proved harder than we first anticipated . In the end , our effort to solve this problem - to translate idealism into a workable urban infrastruc- ture for corn fuel — triggered ...
... farmer was a long way away , and getting our needed bushels proved harder than we first anticipated . In the end , our effort to solve this problem - to translate idealism into a workable urban infrastruc- ture for corn fuel — triggered ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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