Lives Per Gallon

Author : Terry Tamminen
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781597265355

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Lives Per Gallon by Terry Tamminen Pdf

How much would you pay for a gallon of gas? $4.00? $10.00? Would you pay with the health of your lungs or with years taken from your lifespan? The infamous "pain at the pump" runs much deeper than our wallets, argues Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and current Special Advisor to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Petroleum may power our cars and heat our homes, but it also contributes to birth defects and disorders like asthma and emphysema, not to mention cancer. In Lives Per Gallon, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and other health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil. While the petroleum industry is raking in huge profits, Tamminen shows, it is studiously avoiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its products. Using the successful lawsuits by state governments against big tobacco as a model, the author sets forth a bold strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and force industry reform. He also offers a blueprint for developing alternative energy sources based on California's real world experiences. Certain to be controversial, Lives Per Gallon is an unblinking assessment of the true price of petroleum and a prescription for change. The choice is clear: continuing paying with our health, or kick our addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy.

Author : Christopher Steiner
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780446562027

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$20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner Pdf

An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate. Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come. Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society. Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1038 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Cost and standard of living
ISBN : LOC:00186825135

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High Cost of Living in the District of Columbia by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Livestock
ISBN : WISC:89047250931

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Live Stock Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : New York State College of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112001702452

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Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University & the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station by New York State College of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Stuart K. Hayashi
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739186695

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Life in the Market Ecosystem by Stuart K. Hayashi Pdf

Life in the Market Ecosystem, the second book inthe Nature of Liberty trilogy, confronts evolutionary psychology head on. It describes the evolutionary psychologists’ theory of gene-culture co-evolution, which states that although customs and culture are not predetermined by anyone’s genetic makeup, one’s practice of a custom can influence the likelihood of that person having children and grandchildren. Therefore, according to the theory, customs count as evolutionary adaptations. Extending that theory further, as entire systems of political economy—capitalism, socialism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence—consist of multiple customs and institutions, it follows that an entire political-economic system can likewise be classified as an evolutionary adaptation. Considering that liberal-republican capitalism has, insofar as the system has been implemented, done more to reduce the mortality rate and secure human fertility than other models of societal structure, it stands to reason that liberal-republican capitalism is itself a beneficent evolutionary adaptation. Moreover, as essential tenets of Rand’s Objectivism—individualism, observation-based rationality, and peaceable self-interest—have been integral to the development of the capitalist ecosystem, important aspects of the Objectivism are worthwhile adaptations as well. This book shall uphold that position, as well as combat critiques by evolutionary psychologists and environmentalists who denounce capitalism as self-destructive. Instead, capitalism is the most sustainable and fairest political model. This book argues that of all the philosophies, Objectivism is the one that is most fit for humanity.

Author : Pamela Haskin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595281640

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A Deliberate Life by Pamela Haskin Pdf

A Deliberate Life is the inspiring and oftentimes humorous story of Pamela Haskin and her life in the Alaskan Bush. She says, "I'm not trying to escape society as so many do who come to the Bush. I'm choosing a lifestyle! I want a life with adventure and purpose." Life on the homestead was certainly different from the one Pam had known; a woodpile instead of a thermostat, no running water or indoor plumbing, no electricity, and no phone. And, she chose this! Go figure. Pam touches something in each of us that says life can be more than ordinary. We do indeed have a choice, and we either exercise or surrender that choice each day. Pam's choices changed her life dramatically and set an example for the rest of us. Between these pages you will find a hearty and entertaining example of the power of choice.

Author : Alan Boss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190864064

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Universal Life by Alan Boss Pdf

After decades of painstaking planning, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet detection mission, the Kepler space telescope, was launched in 2009 from Cape Canaveral. Kepler began a years-long mission of looking for Earth-like planets amongst the millions of stars in the northern constellations of Lyra and Cygnus. Kepler's successful launch meant that it was only a matter of time before we would know just how many Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy. A revolution in thinking about our place in the universe was about to occur, depending on what Kepler found. Are earths commonplace or rare? Are we likely to be alone in the universe? Only Kepler could start to answer these vexing questions. Universal Life provides a unique viewpoint on the epochal events of the last two decades and the excitement of what will transpire in the coming decades. Author Alan Boss's perspective on this story is unmatched. Boss is the Chair of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group, and was also on the Kepler Mission science team. Kepler proved that essentially every star in the night sky has a planetary system, and that most of these systems contain a habitable world, potentially capable of evolving and supporting life. Universal Life summarizes the current state of exoEarth knowledge, and also reveals what will happen next in the post-Kepler world, namely the narrowing of the search for habitable worlds to the stars that are the closest to Earth, those that offer the best chances for future ground- and space-based telescopes to search for, and detect, possible signs of life in their atmospheres. We have come far in the search for life beyond the Earth, but the most exciting phase is about to begin: we may soon be able to prove that we are not alone in the universe.

Author : Kenneth Maes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781315400778

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The Lives of Community Health Workers by Kenneth Maes Pdf

Conclusion: Listening to Community Health Workers: Recommendations for Action and Research -- Recruit Strong CHWs and Provide Supportive Supervision -- Emphasize the Humanity of Patients, Quality of Life, and Empathic Care -- Build Solid Relationships across Social Dividing Lines -- Finance the Creation of Secure CHW Jobs -- Strengthen CHW Participation in Processes of Social Change -- Conduct Better Research and More of It -- United, Spider Webs Can Tie Up a Lion -- References -- Index.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Unitarianism
ISBN : HARVARD:AH6MW5

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The Christian Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024477543

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Social Life at the English Universities in the eighteenth century by Christopher Wordsworth Pdf

Author : New York Produce Exchange
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Produce trade
ISBN : UIUC:30112033565976

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Annual Statistical Report of the New York Produce Exchange by New York Produce Exchange Pdf

Author : Eliakim Littell,Robert S. Littell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:32000000700353

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Littell's Living Age by Eliakim Littell,Robert S. Littell Pdf

Author : Charles Valentine Riley,Leland Ossian Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Insects
ISBN : CHI:21209303

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Insect Life by Charles Valentine Riley,Leland Ossian Howard Pdf

Author : Sue LaRoy
Publisher : Remedia Publications
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781561750047

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Bargain Math: Life Skills Math Series by Sue LaRoy Pdf

Grade Level: 6-8 Interest Level: 8-12 A really practical application of math. Each book includes activities such as reading comprehension, filling out forms, using a glossary, and answering math word problems. The multi-step word problems cover adding and subtracting money, multiplying and dividing money, figuring percentages, working with large numbers, and more. This life skills program will help students master math skills that are essential to everyday life! Early knowledge of the wisdom of shopping wisely helps to establish valuable, lifelong consumer habits. Introduce students to the many ways they can judge a purchase to determine if it is the best possible choice. The math word problems will help reinforce the lessons presented and promote awareness of the advantages to smart shopping. 64 pages.