I remember being very impressed with Gyer's War, so I read this is the same high expectation and was not disappointed, BUT ...

I must say he misses an obvious point, especially evident when he says “There are almost seven billion of us, and it is almost impossible to imagine a way that we can stop the growth before there are eight and a half billion” (p.268) — because it’s very possible to imagine a way: men just have to stop ejaculating into women’s vaginas.

Just think: the devastating climate changes that have already begun to happen (i.e., the beginning of the now-inevitable end of life as we know it) could’ve been avoided if we’d kept our greenhouse gases to under 350 ppm — which would have been so easy if we’d kept our population to a certain level.

So it begs the question: why is not ejaculating into women’s vaginas so unimaginable for men?

(And as it happens, I read this just yesterday -- YES!
https://secularhumanism.org/2020/06/why-climate-change-is-an-irrelevance-economi... ( )

was very interesting but maybe not the right time for me to read it. will try again later ( )

Dyer is one of those authors from whom I will buy anything. In this departure from his usual material, he examines climate change. Throughout the book he postulates a number of different scenarios, using his expertise as a military writer, involving likely possibilities for wars and extreme changes in political stances - all directly related to climate change. For example, in one chapter he discusses the likelihood of war between India and Pakistan involving nuclear weaponry. Once the Himalayan glaciers have melted, Pakistan will find itself with greatly reduced water flow while India will fare somewhat better as a great deal of the flow from rivers in that same areas falls as rain. Pakistan already feels they got a raw deal in dividing the watershed and tensions rise from there. I've likely done a poor job at explication here but it gives the general idea. Dyer doesn't stop at these speculative scenarios but also discusses a large variety of means of combating climate change, some on a large scale. It is definitely a book I'd recommend. ( )

Gwynne Dyer steps out of the arena of war and international politics to discuss the most urgent crisis facing our planet - global warming. The book is not comfortable reading. Dyer interviews many recognized climate authorities and posits scenarios based on their thoughts. The book clearly underlines the necessity for global cooperation and more importantly action to avoid great suffering and death on a global scale. ( )

Dyer covers it all - with "projected" scenarios into the future of each part of the earth at different stages of our future - both optimistic (if our leaders can WAKE UP in time) & otherwise. Funny although the topic is potential extinction, I didn't feel despair at reading this - possibly because it was so loaded with facts and I think the human brain feels it somehow can "deal" with things if there are enough facts to go by. (All interviews researching this book were conducted in 2008)
Another REALLY strange thing is that Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" was on at prime time on the CBC - saw it for the first time - just hours before finishing this book. ( )

shelved in HT Green Library - by Reception - Monograph Library (R)