Carbon Shift Explained

Carbon Shift: How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives)
Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon with Nick Garrison, eds.
Subject:Peak Oil and Climate Change
Genre:Non-fiction, Environmental Science, Energy Policy
Publisher:Vintage Canada, a division of Random House Canada
Pub Date:2009
Media Type:Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages:240 pp.
Isbn:978-0-307-35719-9
Isbn Note:(0-307-35719-8)
Dewey:333.8
Congress:QC981.8.G56 C36 2009

Carbon Shift: How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives) is a 2009 non-fiction book edited by Thomas Homer-Dixon and Nick Garrison that collects six essays that discusses the issues of peak oil and climate change.[1] The book was first published in hardcover by Random House of Canada in 2009 under the title Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future, and became a national bestseller. In 2010, the paperback was published by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House Canada, the sub-title then changing to How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives).

Synopsis

Carbon Shift encompasses six essays by experts in the fields of economics, geology, politics, and science. The essays argue points such as humanity's potential for exhausting the supply of non-renewable fuels and what could be done to prevent this.

Contributors

Reception

Quill and Quire stated that the differing outlook of the essays showed that it was "hard to imagine working together on solutions when there is so little consensus about the exact nature of the problems".[3] Peter Robinson echoed this statement, saying that the book's essays "reinforce the conclusion that it will take all of our ingenuity, will and perseverance to prevent catastrophe."[4] Andrew Nikiforuk praised Carbon Shift, saying that it does "a fine job of exposing Canada's big oily gamble".[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lorinc. jOHN. The Danger of Inaction: A Chat With Thomas Homer-Dixon. 5 August 2012. New York Times. May 15, 2009.
  2. News: Good. Alex. Canadian economist predicts a smaller future. https://archive.today/20130131171745/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1746051901.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+13,+2009&author=Alex+Good&pub=The+Guelph+Mercury&desc=Canadian+economist+predicts+a+smaller+future&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. 5 August 2012. The Guelph Mercury. June 13, 2009.
  3. Web site: Good. Alex. Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future. 20 March 2009. Quill and Quire. 5 August 2012.
  4. Robinson, Peter. "Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future." Alternative Journal, The New Ecology Issue 35-4 (June 2009).
  5. Web site: Nikiforuk. Andrew. Canada's reckless carbon habit. Globe and Mail. 5 August 2012.