Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
B**A
Probably the most important plan for our time. Essential reading.
How do we deal with the climate crisis? In this book John Doerr sets out a plan for the survival of humanity and our planet. If you only read one book about climate change, make it this one. It will give you understanding of the enormity of the challenge and hope that we can achieve it.
C**O
Alright
Alright read, bit to techno optimistic. Not much detail about the how, only the what.
N**S
Lots of research, goals are good but it ignores political realities and the behaviour of the elite.
The problem with this book is that it tells ordinary people that they are the problem when really it is our governments and the people who control our highly concentrated industries which are virtual monopolies. Why should I save water, electricity and do all the other recommendations to avoid a climate crisis when the elite waste so much on a grander scale. Take, for example, crypto currencies: at the moment they consume more electricity than the state of Washington and allow criminal activities and the avoidance of taxes. Interestingly the mayors of New York City and Miami have said they will take their pay in crypto curenency.....
E**Y
A book for everyone that is curious about the climate
The book gives you a clear global action plan for addressing the climate crisis.
J**N
it's All Downhill Beginning with the Strange Title
This book is supposedly directed to our climate crisis but it starts with the strange title "Speed & Scale"!!! What that title means or what it has to do with the book is not clear to me. The world is faced with a climate crisis and a better title would have been CLIMATE CRISIS ACTION PLAN Chapters 1-6 did not feature such a plan but I thought they are a review of where to go and Chapters 7 through 10 would detail how to get there. Not! Instead, the last 4 chapters just continue to talk of a plan rather than come up with one. What they do provide (along with the initial chapters) are about 20 "conversations" with people such as Bill Gates, John Kerry and Henrik Paulsen. These also talk of plans without ever getting around to originating one. To a prospective reader I would warn "the strange title is an indication of failed purpose within".
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