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100 1  Vollmann, William T 
245 10 No immediate danger :|bcarbon ideologies, vol. 1 /
       |cWilliam T. Vollmann 
246 3  Carbon ideologies, vol. 1 
264  1 |c2018 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2018 
300    601 pages|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
340    |b25 cm 
505 8  0. When we kept the lights on -- PRIMER -- What was the 
       work for?. About waste ; About demand -- What was the work
       for? (continued). About power -- What was the work for? 
       (continued) -- Carbon ideologies approached. About data ; 
       About data suppression ; About disbelief -- "Consider it 
       good fortune" -- Carbon ideologies defined. About carbon ;
       About agriculture ; About industrial chemicals ; The 
       parable of adipic acid ; About manufacturing ; About 
       transportation ; About power plants -- Power and climate. 
       About solar energy ; About greenhouse gases ; About fuels 
       -- NUCLEAR -- Nuclear ideology. About uranium ; About 
       nuclear reactors -- 1. Lower than for real estate agents -
       - March 2001: When the wind blows from the South 
       (Fukushima) -- February 2004: Harmful rumors (Fukushima) -
       - October 2014, with a Hanford Excursion in August 2015: 
       the Red Zones (Hanford, Washington; Fukushima) -- 
       Normalization on the rocks -- Postscript: Japan sees the 
       light 
520    The first volume in a timely series about climate change 
       and energy generation focuses on the consequences of 
       nuclear-power production through the events and aftermath 
       of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 
520    "The first of two volumes of William T. Vollmann's 
       magisterial reckoning with the most important issue of our
       time. In his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won 
       acclaim as a singular voice tackling everything from 
       poverty to violence to American imperialism as it has 
       played out on the U.S./Mexico border. Now he turns to a 
       topic that will define generations to come--the human 
       actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins 
       No Immediate Danger, the first volume of Carbon Ideologies,
       by laying out the many causes of climate change, from 
       seemingly beneficial agricultural practices to the 
       manufacture of the steel and plastics we all depend on. 
       The justifiable yearning of people all over the world to 
       live in comfort and the quest for continued economic 
       growth obscure fundamental questions: What is this 
       thermodynamic work for? How wastefully are we performing 
       it? Vollmann offers the quantitative tools to compare 
       fuels, emissions, human activities, and the harm they do. 
       Can we avoid global warming and still satisfy energy 
       demand? One way forward might be nuclear power. To study 
       this issue, Vollmann recounts multiple visits he made over
       seven years to the contaminated zones and ghost towns of 
       Fukushima, Japan, beginning shortly after the tsunami and 
       the reactor meltdowns of 2011. He measured radiation and 
       interviewed tsunami victims, nuclear evacuees, anti-
       nuclear organizers and pro-nuclear utility workers. 
       Vollmann found that the safety of many localities, even 
       after decontamination, may remain questionable for 
       decades. And yet nuclear power, like its kindred energy 
       'ideologies,' remains on the table in Japan. How could 
       anyone still support it there? Because radiation, in the 
       repeated phrase of the Fukushima people, is 'invisible.' 
       Addressed to humans living in the 'hot dark future' and 
       featuring Vollmann's 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."--Dust jacket 
599    Imported from: zcat.oclc.org:210/OLUCWorldCat (Do not 
       remove) 
650  0 Energy policy 
650  0 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 
650  0 Energy consumption|xSocial aspects 
650  0 Nuclear power plants|xAccidents|zJapan|zFukushima-ken 
650  0 Nuclear reactor accidents|zJapan|zFukushima-ken 
650  0 Refuse and refuse disposal 
650  7 Energiförsörjning|2sao 
650  7 Avfallsteknik|2sao 
650  7 Kärnkraftverk|2sao 
655  4 Nonfiction 
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