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Apocalypse Never
- Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Summary
Climate change is real, but it’s not the end of the world. It is not even our most serious environmental problem.
Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected redwoods. He co-created the predecessor to today’s Green New Deal. And he led a successful effort by climate scientists and activists to keep nuclear plants operating, preventing a spike of emissions.
But in 2019, as some claimed "billions of people are going to die", contributing to rising anxiety, including among adolescents, Shellenberger decided that, as a lifelong environmental activist, leading energy expert, and father of a teenage daughter, he needed to speak out to separate science from fiction.
Despite decades of news media attention, many remain ignorant of basic facts. Carbon emissions peaked and have been declining in most developed nations for over a decade. Deaths from extreme weather, even in poor nations, declined 80 percent over the last four decades. And the risk of Earth warming to very high temperatures is increasingly unlikely thanks to slowing population growth and abundant natural gas.
Curiously, the people who are the most alarmist about the problems also tend to oppose the obvious solutions.
What’s really behind the rise of apocalyptic environmentalism? There are powerful financial interests. There are desires for status and power. But most of all, there is a desire among supposedly secular people for transcendence. This spiritual impulse can be natural and healthy. But in preaching fear without love, and guilt without redemption, the new religion is failing to satisfy our deepest psychological and existential needs.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-07-20
Finally a book that explains climate change
Since around 2004 I have been wondering why so many people profess to believe the climate change catastrophe story when an educated examination of the issue shows that the cures are a magnitude of times worse for the world than the disease. I realized that the emperor's new clothes is a fairytale. If it were real the little boy who pointed out that he emperor was naked would have been lynched by the emperors entourage.
In chapter 10 Shellenberger explains, as only an insider could, the financials underpinnings. Why fossil fuel interests support their suspected opponents, etc. Info about Governor 'Moonbeam' particularly eye opening. He also explains the Malthusian pseudo religion that underlies so much of it.
I think it is sad that so many people who vote green and think they are environmentalist vote for policies that do so much damage to the environment. Solar and wind farms kill birds of prey and bats, forests and food are burned as biomass, Minerals like cobalt are mined with child labourers in the Congo to provide minerals for the batteries in subsidized Teslas.
But it is the new state religion of the EU and many countries. At least with Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' and Lomborg's 'False Alarm' more info about the harm caused by attempting to reduce carbon is coming out.
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- AmazonAccount13453
- 10-08-20
Misleading, misinformed and frustrating read by a climate scientist
This book was incredibly frustrating to listen to as an active climate and biodiversity scientist. Shellenberger seems to choose narratives which suit his agenda rather than discussing the reality. Rather than choose established scientists as counterparts to his ideas he instead targets Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg which have no scientific grounding. I would not be recommending this book to a friend who wishes to learn about the future of humanity, nature and the consequences of our impact on the planet.
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- Andrei Predoiu
- 17-08-20
The real other side of the climate discussion
Finally, a take on climate that doesn't sound like it's absolutely insane on its face.
This book actively tackles arguments with a clear regard to both sides of the coin. You cannot talk about wind farms or solar panels without talking about reliability and methane burning plants that have to cover the gaps.
One also cannot ignore the fact that we are strangulating the 3rd world's progress in the name of climate. We are stopping them from doing the same things that the west and far east have done and in the end, forcing them to burn wood and destroy the forests for energy.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-07-20
Glaring flaws and biases.
The author's bias towards farmers he knew well leads him to discuss an economic anthropocentric view on environmental damage and the book reads like an ideologue rant. He brandishes all environmental movements and scientists with one brush. This book will do more harm than good for book sales
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- cmwyoung
- 02-09-20
Interesting, but disingenuous.
His appeal for rational prioritisation of our ecological challenges is laudable, but when Shellenberger says "Plastics are a waste byproduct of oil manufacturing", as if by buying plastic we're saving it from being dumped, he has stepped over the line into being an apologist for capitalism. I hope he is just being disingenuously provocative, and not funded by the oil and gas lobby...
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- The Tuscan
- 24-07-20
Must-read if interested in the politics of climate
A thoroughly well-researched book that is written from the position of a person with deep and long interest environmental protection, Michael Shellenberger helps the layperson sort out the fog and myth from the reality and agenda.
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- rascallybear
- 24-07-20
ALL eco warriors need to listen to this
Greta Thunberg and all eco warriors need to listen to, and think on this. They mean well, but the world is so complex -- often counter-intuitive -- as this book explains. Often difficult listening: some of its messages are unpleasant, yet the facts of how we might improve life for every creature on our planet are inaugural. This is a book for REAL eco warriors, rather than the simplistic stories we're hearing today. I just hope it's available in Swedish, and that Greta (who is well-meaning) gets to think on its message.
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- The Vikid Truth
- 09-07-20
brilliant book
If you care about the environment then this is the book for you. Written by a genuine long term activist, this book will show you many of the pitfalls in activism and ideological thinking that may actually have you doing more damage than good.
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- Paul Harrison
- 28-10-20
highly informative book
highly informative book about climate change alarmism, I would recommend to anyone.
the author explains the whole myriad of climate change talking points that exist and uses his own personal experiences and research to put forth his valid arguments against them
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- Tahir Nasser
- 04-08-20
Most important book on the Environment ever
easy to listen to. fantastic evidence based analysis. would recommend to everyone I know. great!
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- Radish Bliss
- 30-06-20
Science
Very informative and fact based. Climate change is real and we should plan and have good responses, but we can't even have those conversations because we are so ill informed by politicians and alarmists. This causes people to say science and scientists can't be trusted when really it's the reporting and people trying to use the science for other purposes that can't be trusted; and that's dangerous. I'm going to get a copy for each of my kids! Thank you for this book!
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- Wayne
- 01-07-20
Environmentalist with integrity!
Apocalypse Never:Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All makes dozens of valid points about the false information coming from environmental alarmists/extremists. They get almost nothing right.
Author Michael Shellenberger apologies for his past role in spreading the incorrect information. Simplistically his major points fall into two categories: 1. Environmental alarmism is not justified. It is both false and counter productive. It has a major negative impact on the mental health of children. 2. The best solution to reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide is nuclear energy. Nuclear is the ultimate green energy.
As a past alarmist the author's honesty is refreshing.
Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All is an important book that deserves lots of positive attention.
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- Lane
- 02-07-20
The best book on the topic
This book is stunning in its breadth and implications. In short the book's argument is that climate change is happening but it isn't the fiery apocalypse the news media has portrayed it as. That view is largely manufactured by politicians and media. In addition a lot of things that the developed world is doing to "help" are exacerbating the problem. He gives examples ranging from the destruction of habitat for wind farms and pasture raised cattle. To the net increase in carbon emissions from the shutdown of nuclear plants.
When reading this book you are left with the impression that you are hearing the "adult" in the room. For every point I agreed with there was one that challenged me. The thoughts and ideas are fully formed. There are no halfpinions in the book. There are real discussions about use of coal and wood in the developing world. Habitat vs climate, Vegetarianism, GMOs, Wind farming and everything else.
The best thing about Apocalypse Never is that it leaves you with hope for the future but also primes you for action. Just fantastic!
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- mjk76
- 03-08-20
Pro Nuclear Environmentalism. Who da Thunk it?
This is the logical path between climate skeptics and the alarmists. Schellenberger points out that every country that cares about its environment is wealthy and prosperous. He also points out that it's not that poor countries don't care about their environment, quite the opposite. they just cannot afford to give it the attention that a wealthy country can.
The energy progression is, first you burn wood, then you burn coal, then you burn petroleum and natural gas, then you have nuclear power. This is the energy path to prosperity. prosperous countries take care of their environment. The best thing that we can do to help the world's climate is to help poor nations develop their economies.
This is one of the best books I have ever read on the subject.
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- B. C.
- 06-07-20
Not anti environmental
Well researched and from an insider. Rational call for rational and effective environmental protection and policy. Not a right wing reaction to leftist extremism. Based on data and lots of it.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-08-20
Thoroughly Enlightening
A very thorough debunking of the climate catastrophe version of events we are told is happening everyday. The author approaches this as an environmentalist and climate scientist who believe climate change is real and largely worsened by humans and then proceeds to explain how and why the climate alarmists use fear mongering tactics by blatantly misrepresenting the data and conclusions in the major reports they love to cite so much.
The author then proceeds to tell us why not only is the scale of danger no where near what the alarmists would have us believe, but that most of not all of the adverse effects of climate change are avoidable with simply adaptations and using technology the alarmists hate, like nuclear energy, that is far greener than the technologies that are far inferior and less green, like solar and wind power. He explains why large efficiently run corporate farms are much greener than many small organic farms. There are countless times he effortlessly explains away the popular conceptions of climate science with simple facts and stats that very often come from the same studies and organizations themselves cite to purvey their agenda, while conveniently leaving out the information that would instantly debunk their argument.
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- Benjo
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Read with an open mind and it will open your mind
Fascinating. Especially the part about young people with anxiety and fear for the future. This one’s dead on. So much fantastic information in this book.
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- Thomas
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Shellenberger makes good points about organizations that are too alarmist and guilty of over exaggeration. The problem with this book is its passing acknowledgement of the great work environmental alarmists have done to save species and reduce green house gasses. He glosses over the environmental damage of excessive fertilizer use and believes all the world has to do is keep building and acquiring stuff to make life better. I wouldn't be surprised if he recieves funding from the Heritage Foundation and the U S. Chamber of Commerce. I stopped listening after 7 chapters because his presentation and subject put me to sleep.
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The Green in the Green Label
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
― Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time
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The best book addressing climate change
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