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The Ehrlichs make a clear, accessible statement of the human predicament 20 years after the first Earth Day in 1970: time and effort have been mistakenly confined to dealing with the symptoms of pollution at the expense of addressing the underlying problems--over- population and the inequalities between rich and poor countries--and their environmental impact. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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出版社周刊评论
This catalogue of global gloom is pierced by few solutions worthy of the authors' stature as leading environmentalists. Healing on a planetary scale, the Erlichs ( The Population Explosion ) demonstrate, will require worldwide management of population, energy consumption and technology by scientists and political economists. The thesis is well argued, with 65 pages of references and notes--but the reader is left grasping for places to begin the treatment. The Erlichs, however, are more concerned with rigorous, almost academic analysis of ``the more general problem of assuring the continuance of ecosystem services'' and its counterpart, ``the human predicament.'' Readers are given a course on the biological crisis zones, including summaries of global warming, ``unsustainable'' agriculture and a compact chapter on energy and the environment. For most readers, these alarms will seem like an echo of many other recent books. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
The Ehrlichs, best known for The Population Bomb (1970) and The Population Explosion (1990), say here that the present book was written ``to fill in the rest of the picture, to explain how overconsumption and the use of faulty technologies contribute to the deterioration of the environment.'' But overpopulation remains their major bugaboo as they survey the global problems associated with energy consumption, global warming, ozone depletion, unsustainable agriculture, and various forms of air, land, and water pollution. They ``summarize'' the blame for all of this with the equation ``I=PAT'' (impact = population x affluence [as a measure of consumption] x technology), pointing out that as P increases so does T; but with or without that formula they offer no significant new insights on these often discussed problems. And, title and subtitle notwithstanding, they emphasize the problems more than the solutions and never get down to nitty-gritty ``strategies'' for implementation. Aside from limiting population growth, their most frequent suggestion, whatever the problem, is to discourage environmentally damaging habits by imposing consumption fees and taxes and marketable ``depletion quotas.'' So: what we have here, besides the venerable Ehrlich name, is an overview from their perspective, for their followers.
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Ehrlich and Ehrlich ably cover the major "sore" areas of our environment, including overpopulation, global warming, ozone depletion, destruction of our land, and pollution of our waters. They point out very vividly that we have wasted time since Earth Day 1970, focusing on the symptoms of environmental distress rather than meeting the underlying causes with challenging programs to solve the problems. The authors' solutions are not likely to win prompt acceptance by a nation accustomed to personal vehicles for transportation, grain-fed beef as a staple diet, and national boundaries for security. They summarize the major debates on all of these issues very succinctly and in the case of the Gaia Hypothesis, a bit too succinctly. Recommended for all persons interested in the environment.-F. F. Flint, Randolph-Macon Woman's College
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
Biologist and demographer Paul Ehrlich is a professor of environmental studies at Stanford, where Anne Ehrlich is a research associate in biology. Since the publication of their book The Population Bomb ( LJ 10/1/68), they have been in the forefront of the overpopulation/environment controversy. This new book is designed as a companion volume to the Ehrlichs' Population Explosion ( LJ 4/1/90), which focuses on the population factor in the environmental crisis. This work concentrates on energy, global warming, the ozone layer, acid rain, pollution, and a host of other problems. Provocative, engrossing, and readable, it is recommended for all libraries.-- Richard Shotwell, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Preface | p. xi |
Introduction Are We Saving the Planet? | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 Our Life-Support Systems | p. 15 |
Chapter 2 Energy and the Environment | p. 38 |
Chapter 3 Global Warming: the Beginning of the End? | p. 72 |
Chapter 4 Ozone: a Cautionary Tale | p. 113 |
Chapter 5 Pollution: Dead Trees and Poisoned Water | p. 130 |
Chapter 6 Use and Abuse of Land Chapter and Water Six | p. 150 |
Chapter 7 Unsustainable Agriculture | p. 193 |
Chapter 8 Risks, Costs, and Benefits | p. 216 |
Chapter 9 Escaping the Human Predicament | p. 239 |
Inf Luencing Policy Chapter Ten | p. 268 |
Epilogue | p. 284 |
Notes | p. 287 |
Acknowledgements | p. 355 |
Index | p. 357 |