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Sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's gone. And that's the thought-experiment author Alan Weisman presents in his book The World Without Us - TIME's #1 Non-Fiction book of 2007. What if humanity were to vanish? What would happen to our planet? TIME's Amy Lennard Goehner discusses these and other end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it questions with the author...
Weisman: People are scared that we may have gone a little too far on this planet. Systems are breaking down - that could be cataclysmic. The warming of the atmosphere has gotten everybody's attention. I'm speaking to you from Western Massachusetts where the thermometer hit 60 yesterday and was four degrees below zero three days before. Weather is going crazy everywhere. Ice caps are melting, and we're hearing that could push sea levels up. You know the drill...
...preach and say, "Here's what we have to do." I simply go to experts all over the world and [present] interesting facts and let readers draw the conclusions. ... One thing I've discovered is that everybody is concerned about the number of human beings on the planet. Whether you are an environmentalist or just somebody who likes to go out and ride a three-wheel bike or go hunting, all the places that you remember as a kid that you could hang out in are now filled with strip malls and industrial parks. At the end of the book...
...wish you had chosen Nobel Peace Prize winner and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for raising the world's awareness of the dangers caused by global warming and climate change. We must all act together and pool resources to save the planet. Jim Victa Hipolito, KAWIT, THE PHILIPPINES...
...been the best thing that's happened in my life. I got married in Bermuda, one of the most beautiful places on the planet to get married, to an absolutely incredible person who really has been my real support mechanism. I've been able to learn a lot through diet and exercise, but I've got to tell you, it's having true love in your life and somebody who has your back 24 hours a day that makes the difference...