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And I may be hopelessly mired in anthropocentrism, but I find McKibben's argument a bit elitist. The people who would suffer most by a general cutback in technology are those who don't have a house in the mountains. Citizens of underdeveloped countries and America's own poor depend...
There are no easy answers to the global warming problem, and McKibben knows it. And the problems inherent in his final arguments are far outweighed by superb writing.
This thought is central to The End of Nature, and it represents a highly unusual effort to look at all the ramifications of the global warming problem. Although its flaws are obvious, The End of Nature is as fresh as the endless stream of "end" theories is stale.
"We know there are more victims, more cars. But we don't know how many," said California Highway Patrol Capt. Mike Garver.
"Now why is there such a lull in boats going by?" puzzled one tourist in a bright red ski jacket aloud to his companion, munching on a hunk of Italian sausage. Indeed, very few observers care about who wins or who loses. Very few seem to know that the regatta...