Washington, Haydn, 1955-
Climate change denial : heads in the sand / Haydn Washington and John Cook. -- London : Earthscan, [2011]. -- ©2011. -- 1 online zdroj (xviii, 174 stran) : ilustrace. -- Obsahuje: 1. Denial and the nature of science : What is denial? ; Science, uncertainty and the 'preponderance of evidence' -- 2. Climate science : Probability ; 'Forcing' ; Natural and human-caused greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Modelling ; Feedback ; Runaway climate change ; Is there a safe level of CO₂? ; The spinning 'greenhouse gamble' roulette wheel ; So what? Is there really a problem? ; Scientific and ethical disconnects -- 3. The five types of climate change denial argument : Conspiracy theories ; Fake experts ; Impossible expectations ; Misrepresentations and logical fallacies ; Cherry-picking ; Conclusion -- 4. The history of denial : The long history of denial ; Heaven and Earth -- 5. Do we let denial prosper? : Fear of change ; Failure in values ; Fixation on economics and society ; Ignorance of ecology and exponential growth ; Gambling on the future ; The media ; Despair, apathy and confusion ; Denial within our governments ; Psychological types of denial -- 6. Rolling back denial: the big picture : Because we let it ; What stops us accepting reality? ; Population ; The 'tragedy of the commons' continues ; How do you go about solving climate change? -- 7. Rolling back denial: the technological solutions : Technologies, appropriate and inappropriate ; Renewable energy ; Is nuclear power the way out? ; Is carbon capture and storage the solution? -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Greenscam and denial groups. -- Resumé: Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Paradoxically, as the climate science has become more certain, denial about the issue has increased. The paradox lies in the denial. There is a denial industry funded by the fossil fuel companies that literally denies the science, and seeks to confuse the public. There is denial within governments, where. -- ISBN : 9781136530050 (online ; pdf). -- 1136530053. -- 9781849713351. -- 1849713359. -- 9781849713368. -- 1849713367. -- 9786613902962.
Cook, John
klimatické změny. globální oteplování. psychologické aspekty. elektronické knihy
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