What's the worst that could happen?

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A Provocative New Way to Look at the Global Warming Debate.

The globe is warming! The globe is not warming!

We’re the ones doing it! It’s a natural cycle!

It’s gonna be a catastrophe! It’ll be harmless!

This is the biggest threat to humankind! This is the biggest hoax in history!

If you’re like most people, you’re sick of the global warming shouting match. It seems it’s easier to just let the two sides have at each other and wait for the dust to clear. But what if we don’t have time to figure out who is right?

Based on a series of viral videos that have garnered more than 7.2 million views online, this visually appealing book by gives readers--be they global warming activists, soccer moms, or NASCAR dads--a way to decide on the best course of action, by asking them to consider, “What’s the worst that could happen?” The truth is, no matter what we believe, we could be wrong.  So which mistake would you rather risk: the possible harm to the economy that skeptics warn of, or the possible upheaval that activists talk about?

Science teacher Greg Craven focuses not on what to think about global warming, but how to think about it, so the reader can come up with their own conclusion without having to decide which side to believe. And for those who decide that action is needed, Craven provides a solution that is not only powerful but also happens to be stunningly easy.

Not just another environmental book, this intriguing and provocative guide is the first to help readers make sense--for themselves--of the contradictory statements about global climate change.

Contents

CHAPTER 0. Should I Bother to Read This Book?
CHAPTER 1. The Decision Grid:  What’s the Worst That Could Happen?  (or “Giant Mutant Space Hamsters”)
CHAPTER 2. The Nature of Science: We Never Quite Know For Sure
CHAPTER 3. Our Glitchy Brains:  Have I Been a Fool?  Oh, Let Me Count the Ways!
CHAPTER 4. A Beautiful Rainbow of Credibility:  The Credibility Spectrum
CHAPTER 5. Gear Up:  Mustering for the Expedition
CHAPTER 6. A Whole Coop of Chicken Littles:  Statements from Warmers
CHAPTER 7. Everything’s Going to Be Just Fine:  Statements from Skeptics
CHAPTER 8. It’s Not the Temp That Gets Ya:  Demystifying the Doomsday
CHAPTER 9. Author’s Conclusion:  As If You Couldn’t Already Guess
CHAPTER 10. Reader’s Conclusion:  Some Assembly Required
APPENDIX. Now What?  How You Can Change the World.

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