Richard Martin (12) (1958–)
Autor de SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future (Macsci)
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Sobre El Autor
Richard Martin is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in Wired, Time, Fortune, The Atlantic, and The Best Science Writing of 2004. He is the editorial director of Navigant Research, a leading clean energy firm. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 93
- Popularidad
- #200,859
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 14
- ISBNs
- 146
- Idiomas
- 6
"After years of crawling through dark tunnels to scrape coal out of the earth, miners tend to have plenty of bodily complaints. Many wind up on disability payments, and the physicians of the region have not been stingy in prescribing Oxycodone, Methadone, and Xanax. Kentucky is the fourth-most-medicated state in the country, according to an analysis by Forbes magazine (coal mining states West Virginia and Tennessee are nos. 1 and 2, respectively)."
Given all that, I almost gave up on the book early on. While it is obvious what the author thinks about "coal wars," the beginning was crammed with facts and a bit of histrionics, but not much true heart. Fortunately, that changed as the book went on, but it did not get off to a good start for me.
Of course, there are still the deniers like Mitch McConnell, and the author pulls no punches.
"Big Coal" is slowing down in many areas, but the author makes undeniable points about why slowing down is not enough, why the euphemistic Clean Coal is not the answer. Without truly clean and renewable energy replacing our traditional energy, we are poisoning the planet and ourselves.
While the book is interesting and informative, a subject important to all of us whether we think about it or not, the slow start almost made me give up, and I would have missed some good information. For that reason, I'm giving it 3 stars.
I was given an advance readers copy of the book for review, and the quote may have changed in the published edition.… (más)