It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating
climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old
people who can’t let go? For young Americans a generation from
now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming
fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate
it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast
clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster relief,
the mitigation of floods and superstorms, has become a skill for
which tens of millions of people are trained every year. The effort
is global. It employs everyone who wants to work. Even when
national politics oscillates back to right-wing leaders, the
momentum is too great; these vast programs cannot be stopped in
their tracks. But there are still those Americans, mostly elderly,
who cling to their red baseball caps, their grievances, their huge
vehicles, their anger. To their "alternative" news sources that
reassure them that their resentment is right and pure and that
"climate change" is just a giant scam. And they're your
grandfather, your uncle, your great-aunt. And they're not going
anywhere. And they’re armed to the teeth. The Lost Cause asks:
What do we do about people who cling to the belief that their own
children are the enemy? When, in fact, they're often the elders
that we love?
General
Imprint: |
Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Cory Doctorow
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Dimensions: |
230 x 150 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-590226-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-03-590226-5 |
Barcode: |
9781035902262 |
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