{"product_id":"no-immediate-danger-volume-one-of-carbon-ideologies-9780399563492","title":"No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most honest book about climate change yet. The Atlantic  The Infinite Jest of climate books. The Baffler  A timely  eye-opening book about climate change and energy generation that focuses on the consequences of nuclear power production  from award-winning author William T. Vollmann  In his nonfiction  William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important issues of our age  from poverty to violence to the dark soul of American imperialism as it has played out on the U.S.\/Mexico border. Now  Vollmann turns to a topic that will define the generations to come--the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins No Immediate Danger  the first volume of Carbon Ideologies  by examining and quantifying the many causes of climate change  from industrial manufacturing and agricultural practices to fossil fuel extraction  economic demand for electric power  and the justifiable yearning of people all over the world to live in comfort. Turning to nuclear power first  Vollmann then recounts multiple visits that he made at significant personal risk over the course of seven years to the contaminated no-go zones and sad ghost towns of Fukushima  Japan  beginning shortly after the tsunami and reactor meltdowns of 2011. Equipped first only with a dosimeter and then with a scintillation counter  he measured radiation and interviewed tsunami victims  nuclear evacuees  anti-nuclear organizers and pro-nuclear utility workers.  Featuring Vollmanns signature wide learning  sardonic wit  and encyclopedic research  No Immediate Danger  whose title co-opts the reassuring mantra of official Japanese energy experts  builds up a powerful  sobering picture of the ongoing nightmare of Fukushima.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647889956917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0399563490","price":26.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780399563492.jpg?v=1781699062","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/no-immediate-danger-volume-one-of-carbon-ideologies-9780399563492","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}