Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming
by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
List Price:
Our Price: $10.08
You Save: $5.87 (37%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.04 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Laurie David and Cambria GordonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 128
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Orchard Books
Book Reviews of Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming
Book Review: Candy-coated junk science is still junk science.
Summary: 1 Stars
The book was given as a gift to my son, who found it rather boring, quickly discarding it in favor of books about soccer and American football. This allowed a careful perusal of the book and its content, which, truth be told, I found lacking as well.
In order for its suggestions to be relevant, in order for its impact to be felt, the science behind Ms. David's book has to be correct. As has already been mentioned, this book has a major flaw, which it has carried over from the related movie An Inconvenient Truth - e.g. the data sets for temperature and CO2 are reversed. When one learns that simple fact one discovers that temperature leads CO2 concentrations - not the other way around - which makes sense when one considers that CO2 is less soluble in water at higher temperatures. And the lag is fairly consistent and predictable between the two.
That Ms. David, a non-scientist, has opted to perpetuate this rather glaring error suggests one of two things - either that she really is a vapid celebrity of little brain or that she perhaps has some other reason for inducing nightmares in children than the good of Planet Earth. It could be, perhaps, that she would like for us to forget about her jet-setting narcissistic lifestyle and her own huge carbon footprint - and also her opposition to renewable energy projects when they impede her view from Martha's Vineyard.
Ms. David has stated many times that "the debate is over" - and for her it probably is, but our children will have to live with the results of the smothering policy initiatives she proposes as the solution to this non-existent problem. They will be affected by the inevitable reductions in standards of living in David's new era, where every Carbon atom is counted.
The debate for the rest of us is NOT over - not by a long shot. Some of us remember what we learned about geology - that the carbon got underneath the ground somehow or other, and that it was floating around in the Earth's atmosphere at far higher levels than we see now (as evidenced by ice core data David does not mention).
One star because zero was impossible to give.
Summary of Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming
Irreverent and entertaining, DOWN TO EARTH is filled with fact about global warming and its disastrous consequences, loads of photos and illustrations, as well as suggestions for how kids can help combat global warming in their homes, schools, and communities. Engagingly designed, DOWN TO EARTH will educate and empower, leaving readers with the knowledge they need to understand this problem and a sense of hope to inspire them into action.Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Global Warming
Identity Cards - Nothing to hide nothing to fear...? ( Spawater Chronicles II ) Government control-freak paranoia and the surveillance stateby Barry Tighe
Can Write Will Write; Published: 2007-03-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.00
Casino - Heads we win tails you lose (Spawater Chronicles III) How casinos really workby Barry Tighe
Can Write Will Write; Published: 2007-03-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.00
Youth Market: Chickens or Television - Which Comes First? (Spawater Chronicles I) Stop the crueltyby Barry Tighe
Can Write Will Write; Published: 2007-03-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.92
Price in other shops:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Global Warming, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)by Michael Tennesen
Alpha; Published: 2008-02-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.32
Price in other shops:
Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warmingby Pearson Education
DK ADULT; Published: 2008-07-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.40
Price in other shops:
Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdownby David Steinman
Running Press; Published: 2007-01-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.74
Price in other shops:
Global Warming: Looking Beyond KyotoBrookings Institution Press; Published: 2008-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.95
Price in other shops:
A Climate Crisis a la Gore: The real profit pushing the perception of manmade global warming.by Paul Spite
BookSurge Publishing; Published: 2008-02-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecastby David Archer
Wiley-Blackwell; Published: 2006-12-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $35.70
Price in other shops:
Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Countryby William R. Cline
Peterson Institute; Published: 2007-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.87
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Why Should I Save Energy? (Why Should I?)by Jen Green
Barron''s Educational Series; Published: 2005-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
Why Should I Recycle? (Why Should I?)by Jen Green
Barron''s Educational Series; Published: 2005-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.50
Price in other shops:
Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)by Paul Showers
HarperTrophy; Published: 1994-01-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.30
Price in other shops:
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field)by Loree Griffin Burns
Houghton Mifflin; Published: 2007-03-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.67
Price in other shops:
Recycle!: A Handbook for Kidsby Gail Gibbons
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1996-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.66
Price in other shops:
A Clean Sky: The Global Warming Storyby Robyn C. Friend; Judith L. Cohen
Cascade Pass; Published: 2007-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.21
Price in other shops:
Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help Heal the Environmentby Linda Schwartz
Learning Works; Published: 1990-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.66
Price in other shops:
Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)by Anne Rockwell
Collins; Published: 2006-11-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.51
Price in other shops:
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earthby The EarthWorks Group
Andrews McMeel Publishing; Published: 1990-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warmingby Jan Thornhill
Maple Tree Press; Published: 2007-09-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.61
Price in other shops: