Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming.Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming By Tom Athanasiou and Paul Baer Seven Stories Press. 173 pages. $9.95. In this short but on-target work, Athanasiou and Baer discuss the issue of global warming in the Third World. As China, India, Indonesia, and other hugely populated nations industrialize in·dus·tri·al·ize v. in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example). 2. , we face the prospect of emission levels guaranteed to turn our Earth into a sauna. The trick, say the authors, will be to "drive a rapid process of technology 'leapfrogging' " so these countries can improve their living standards without suffocating suf·fo·cate v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v.tr. 1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 3. us all in carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. . That means a massive and rapid influx of renewable and efficient technologies that can shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. development around such polluting anachronisms as electric grids and central power plants. Athanasiou and Baer make the case briefly and well. |
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