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43. Kosloff, No Rain in the Amazon , 145 -73.
44. For one example, see Elizabeth Rosenthal, “As Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do
Guatemala's Hunger Pangs,” New York Times , January 5, 2013, htp://www.
nytimes.com/2013/01/06/science/earth/in-fields-and-markets-guatemalans-
feel-squeeze-of-biofuel-demand.html?pagewanted=all.
45. On generating biogas from manure, see Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, Earth:
The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming (New York:
Norton, 2009), 206-208.
46. Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Using Waste, Swedish City Cuts Its Fossil Fuel Use,”
New York Times , December 10, 2010, htp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/
science/earth/11fossil.html?pagewanted=all.
47.
For a good overview of residential geothermal systems, see U.S. Department
of Energy, “Geothermal Heat Pumps,” available at the W hole Building Design
Guide, htp://www.wbdg.org/resources/geothermalheatpumps.php.
48. Patrick J. Hughes, “Geothermal (Ground-Source) Heat Pumps: Market
Status, Barriers to Adoption, and Actions to Overcome Barriers,” Oak R idge
National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Publications, December,
2008, available as a pdf document online.
49. MacK ay, Sustainable Energy , 190-94.
50. David Crane and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., “Solar Panels for Every Home,”
New York Times , December 12, 2012, htp://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/
opinion/solar-panels-for-every-home.html.
51. Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, Climate: Making Sense and Making
Money , Old Snowmass, Colorado: Rocky Mountain Institute, online
publication, 1997, 6, htp://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/C97-
13_ClimateSenseMoney. See also the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy
Eiciency & Renewable Energy, at htp://www.eere.energy.gov/.
52. Gore, Our Choice , 253-54.
53. For excellent, detailed estimates of the benefits of energy savings in vehicles,
buildings, and households, see MacKay.
54. See the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007), Synthesis Report, 2.1:
Causes of Change, htp://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/
mains2-1.html.
55. Al Gore, Our Choice , 203.
56. Ratan Lal, “Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change
and Food Security,” Science , volume 304, number 5677 ( June 11, 2004),
1623-1627, doi:10.1126/science.1097396.
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