E-grāmata: Hole in the Wind: A Climate Scientist's Bicycle Journey Across the United States

A detail-rich chronicle of the half-dozen epic bike rides Goodrich has undertaken since 2000, including a 2011 cross-country trip. Goodrich is a good enough reporterand a sufficiently gifted stylistto make the miles fly by. -- Washington Post This cyclist's view of how things really are effectively cuts across head-butting arguments about global warming. A compelling narrative enlivened as much by the author's encounters on the road as by his skillful unfolding of scientific knowledge. -- Kirkus Reviews Goodrich peppers his narrative with historical anecdotes, environmental science asides, and lots of travel details. -- Publishers Weekly At the end of a high-level career in climate science, David Goodrich cycled from Delaware to Oregon looking for a hole in the wind a human future in the unrelenting march of climate change. Ultimately, he sees humanity's capacity for economic transformation and reform as up to the job. -- Nature The text rolls along as easily as his heavily-laden bike must have on those welcome downhill stretches. For a summer read that engages, entertains, and also educates, I cant recommend anything better than A Hole in the Wind. -- The Daily Local Combining personal reflections with sobering environmental facts and figures he takes along with him, [ Goodrich] exposes a pervasive streak of climate change denial in the U.S. and shares the best antidotes for politically motivated misinformation. Entertaining and instructive, Goodrichs travelogue showcases one mans heroic efforts to confront this centurys greatest environmental crisis. -- Booklist A diverting memoir for long-distance bikers and hikers. -- Library Journal