The Finger Lakes Book Group will meet on Monday, October 7, 2024 at 7 pm. We will be reading:“No Miracles Needed: How today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air” – Mark Z. Jacobson (Stanford University), Cambridge University Press, 2023. We will break the discussion into 2 parts. Part 1 (Oct. 7) Beginning through Chapter 7; Part 2 (Oct. 28) Chapter 8 through the end. We hope that the revised schedule will allow more folks to read a part of the book during this busy period (upcoming election and Climate Reality Leadership training).
The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage sooner than you might think, leading to loss of biodiversity and economic and political instability. But all is not lost! We still have time to save the planet without resorting to ‘miracle’ technologies. We need to wave goodbye to outdated technologies, such as natural gas and carbon capture, and repurpose the technologies that we already have at our disposal. We can use existing technologies to harness, store, and transmit energy from wind, water, and solar sources to ensure reliable electricity, heat supplies, and energy security. Find out what you can do to improve the health, climate, and economic state of our planet. Together, we can solve the climate crisis, eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for everyone.
Here is a
recording of Prof. Jacobson discussing the book with Ken Cook of Environmental Working Group and the following discussion (webinar starts 14:40 minutes into the recording).
Note also that the book can serve as a reference – use the Table of Contents to find the topic of interest and go directly there.
For those interested in learning more about the nuclear power option, here is a
TED debate from February 2010 with Prof. Jacobson and Stewart Brand, “Does the world need nuclear energy?”
Meeting ID: 926 2795 7489
Passcode: NYRocks
