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I’ve finished it! The audible version is 7hrs and some change. Listened a couple of hours each night. The bad: I’ll listen to it again because I was distracted in the beginning by trying to pin point who the narrator is and distracted by the concept of further investments in nuclear energy (not convinced nuclear is safe energy given potential devastation if widely adopted). The good: I personally have tons of resulting ideas that will (potentially) create an impact at scale (looking forward to talking to folks about them) in addition to things I already do like not eating meat, recycling everything that can be recycled, avoiding the purchase of items with non-recyclable materials, etc. I feel more informed when it comes to leading sustainability innovations and investments though still have a ton of questions (e.g. what happens to plants over time that are surrounded by carbon captured concrete/zero carbon cement?) BG provided a list of technology advancements he thinks are needed and/or has made investments toward. Providing below as a teaser. Please return with your reviews after reading or listening to How to Avoid a Climate Disaster!
Not yet, want to
Just finished last night. Definitely tech focused, but good overview of you're new to the topic. Not talk of systems change or out of box thinking (beyond tech innovation). For example, public transport not mentioned once. More of a "replace car with better car" kinda book. Not a "let's stop and think about it we want so many cars" kinda book.
Great point— tech centric. At the end I did scratch my head and think, “that’s the list?”. Empowering innovation seems to be the master plan. I do wish public transit (model city: London) existed everywhere. That’s more of a policy issue imo which BG avoided [politics] for decades. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t cover it?
I’m almost done with the Audible version that’s narrated by Wil Wheaton who sounds like an aggressive George Clooney (lol). Everything makes sense, BG is empowering the climate change community to innovate through his innovation journey. I just don’t understand why people are hunky dory for more nuclear plants/energy. The potential tragedy from a safety incident seems to outweigh benefits of further investment imo. Even the safest nuclear plant could devastate if someone wills it. I watched Chernobyl last year.... In any case, read/listen to it then circle back!