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Some of us lived in a fairly robust democracy of opinion, vollmann explains to his future readers, but lacked any democracy of ideas, let alone of policy. Read no immediate danger volume one of carbon ideologies by william t. Vollmann introduces carbon ideologies, his new twovolume exploration of the causes and consequences global warming. Apr 17, 2019 with firsthand research, sardonic wit, and farreaching scope, no immediate danger details the ongoing disaster of the fukushima nuclear plant and the global consequences of climate change. Brilliant and prolific, with some 25 books to date including europe central which won the national book award for fiction, william t. The books title, no immediate danger, comes from an oftenrepeated belief in the energy sector that no action is necessary without a direct, obvious need. Aug 06, 2018 the first volume, no immediate danger, deals mostly with the nuclear disaster at fukushima.

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