The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesPredicts 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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Push one and you see what happens to this region from roughly one and a half
feet of sea - level rise . Push the other and you see what comes from about three
feet of higher water . I remember standing there one ironically warm winter day ...
Push one and you see what happens to this region from roughly one and a half
feet of sea - level rise . Push the other and you see what comes from about three
feet of higher water . I remember standing there one ironically warm winter day ...
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Never mind that Japan , with a standard of living equal to ours , uses just over
half the energy we use per capita . Never mind that Denmark already gets more
than 20 percent of its electricity from wind power . Never mind that Brazil powers
...
Never mind that Japan , with a standard of living equal to ours , uses just over
half the energy we use per capita . Never mind that Denmark already gets more
than 20 percent of its electricity from wind power . Never mind that Brazil powers
...
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Now , having cut my electricity use in half and nearly eliminated natural gas use
thanks to corn , I was ready at last to tackle solar power . Here I had to be careful
since solar technology can be very expensive . Searching around , I found a ...
Now , having cut my electricity use in half and nearly eliminated natural gas use
thanks to corn , I was ready at last to tackle solar power . Here I had to be careful
since solar technology can be very expensive . Searching around , I found a ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Why Do Societies Commit Suicide? | 33 |
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| Título | The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities |
| Autor | Mike Tidwell |
| Editor | Free Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1416560246, 9781416560241 |
| Largo | 196 páginas |
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