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Losing Our Cool

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Description for Losing Our Cool Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 199 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Losing Our Cool exposes the surprising ways in which air conditioning changes human experience: giving a boost to global warming that it is designed to help humans endure; enabling an otherwise impossible commuter economy; and altering human migration patterns. Stan Cox argues that by reintroducing traditional cooling methods and putting newer technologies into practice - and by moving beyond industrial definitions of comfort - people can keep themselves comfortable and keep the planet comfortable too.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595587756
SKU
V9781595587756
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Stan Cox
Stan Cox is a plant breeder at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. He has written on environmental issues for newspapers nationwide, including the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, as well as for CounterPunch, AlterNet, and many other online publications. He is the author of Sick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine.

Reviews for Losing Our Cool
“This is an important book. The history of air-conditioning is really the history of the world’s energy and climate crises, and by narrowing the focus Stan Cox makes the big picture comprehensible. He also suggests remedies—which are different from the ones favored by politicians, environmentalists, and appliance manufacturers, not least because they might actually work.” —David Owen, author of Green ... Read more

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