Ten Billion

All that anyone needs to know in order to fully understand both the causes and the consequences of the Climate Crisis is contained in this amazing little book. And it is all cleverly organized and clearly presented in bite-sized bits and kernels of essential information that build upon one another and connect all the dots along the way.As the head of Computational Science at Microsoft Research, Stephen Emmott obviously possesses all the scientific credentials needed to author this book. Yet, despite his lofty title, and a thorough understanding of the science that underpins his presentation, he writes with clarity and a conversational style that readily gives the reader more than enough knowledge to easily convince anyone with an open mind of the dire necessity for massive, immediate and coordinated action to preserve and protect what remains of Earth's ability to sustain us.With judicious use of brief text, simple charts, graphs and striking photos, Emmott’s underlying message becomes abundantly clear – that the Earth is already way overpopulated and headed for catastrophic environmental collapse well before our numbers can ever come close to reaching 10 billion. The outlook is undeniably grim, but Emmott argues that, by knowing the full measure of what we are up against, we are better able to face it and make better decisions that are based upon what the real situation demands.This book should be required reading for every person on the planet, and especially for every official who holds an elective office at any level of every government. Then, every future decision made by those elected officials should be predicated on the knowledge contained in this book and justifiable to the electorate which those officials serve. Thus, an equally informed electorate will be able to evaluate the extent to which their officials are indeed acting responsibly on their behalf.Ten Billion is only 216 pages long and can be read in two hours or less. Prepare to be jolted out of any complacency you may currently have and thrust head on into a full code-blue emergency alert to come to the aid of our stricken Mother Earth.

This is essential and easy read for every one of us-the species relentlessly digging its grave on this small earth. I posted something on FB with the scanned picture of the cover.

Possibly the most frightening book I've ever read. Finished it in an afternoon, mostly because the format is a paragraph or two per page, perfect for the short attention spans of modern humans who NEED to read this grim evaluation of our approaching environmental apocalypse. Emmot pulls no punches. He shows clearly what our growing population will mean to our world. I bought five copies and will hand them out as ghoulish Christmas gifts. A vitally important work.

A small and brief book with a slightly different format and plenty of empty space. Nevertheless, highlighting a very important global issue/ planetary emergency of incessant human population growth, that not many are ready to accept and confront.

Interessant aufgezogen - jedoch ohne viel Inhalt. Manche Erwartungen dürften daher entäuscht werden. Regt zum Nachdenken an und geht für mich in die Richtung von Lovelocks "Vaishing Face Of Gaia". Wird spannend sein zu sehen, in welche Richtung sich die nächsten Jahrzehnte entwickeln und ob es tatsächlich zu gesellschaftlichen Katastrophen ungeahnter Skalierung kommt...