{"product_id":"no-immediate-danger-volume-one-of-carbon-ideologies-9780399563492","title":"No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The most honest book about climate change yet.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e of climate books.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely, eye-opening book about climate change and energy generation that focuses on the consequences of nuclear power production, from award-winning author William T. Vollmann \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important issues of our age, from poverty to violence to the dark soul of American imperialism as it has played out on the U.S.\/Mexico border. Now, Vollmann turns to a topic that will define the generations to come--the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins \u003ci\u003eNo Immediate Danger\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of \u003ci\u003eCarbon Ideologies\u003c\/i\u003e, by examining and quantifying the many causes of climate change, from industrial manufacturing and agricultural practices to fossil fuel extraction, economic demand for electric power, and the justifiable yearning of people all over the world to live in comfort. Turning to nuclear power first, Vollmann then recounts multiple visits that he made at significant personal risk over the course of seven years to the contaminated no-go zones and sad ghost towns of Fukushima, Japan, beginning shortly after the tsunami and reactor meltdowns of 2011. Equipped first only with a dosimeter and then with a scintillation counter, he measured radiation and interviewed tsunami victims, nuclear evacuees, anti-nuclear organizers and pro-nuclear utility workers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing Vollmann's signature wide learning, sardonic wit, and encyclopedic research, \u003ci\u003e No Immediate Danger\u003c\/i\u003e, whose title co-opts the reassuring mantra of official Japanese energy experts, builds up a powerful, sobering picture of the ongoing nightmare of Fukushima.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399563492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.50w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William T. Vollmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291127120053,"sku":"9780399563492","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e2ca278d-4ebf-4d68-b835-19ebae4ed34d.jpg?v=1700540337","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-immediate-danger-volume-one-of-carbon-ideologies-9780399563492","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}