If It Hadn't Been For The Cold

An Inefficient Virus Kills Its Host. A Clever Virus Stays With It.

What We Have Lived Through, The 20th Century, Has Been Like A Great Party. Adults Now Have Had The Best Time Humanity Has Ever Had. Now The Party Is Over And The Earth Is Reckoning Up.

I Know That To Personalize The Earth System As Gaia, As I Have Often Done And Continue To Do In This Book, Irritates The Scientifically Correct, But I Am Unrepentant Because Metaphors Are More Than Ever Needed For A Widespread Comprehension Of The True Nature Of The Earth And An Understanding Of The Lethal Dangers That Lie Ahead.

The Oil Companies Regard Nuclear Power As Their Rival, Who Will Reduce Their Profits, So They Put Out A Lot Of Disinformation About Nuclear Power.

Nasa Will Send Up A Big Sun Shade That Will Be In Orbit Between The Earth And Sun And Deflect 2 Or 3 Percent Of The Sunshine Back Into Space. It Would Be Cheaper Than The International Space Station.