{"product_id":"the-case-for-nukes-how-we-can-beat-global-warming-and-create-a-free-open-and-magnificent-future-9781736386064","title":"The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Case for Nukes is a unique book. In it, world-renowned nuclear and aerospace engineer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Robert Zubrin explains how nuclear power works and how much it has to offer humanity. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edebunks the toxic falsehoods that have been spread to dissuade us from using it by variously the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eignorant, the fearful, the fanatical, and by cynical political operatives bought and paid for by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompeting interests. He tells about revolutionary developments in the field, including new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereactor types that can be cheaply mass produced, that cannot be made to melt down no matter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow hard their operators try, that use a new fuel called thorium far more plentiful than uranium, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand still more advanced systems, employing thermonuclear fusion - the power that lights the sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- to extract more energy from a gallon of water than can be obtained from 300 gallons of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egasoline. He tells about the bold entrepreneurs - a totally different breed from the government\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eofficials who created the existing types of nuclear reactors - who are leading this revolution in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epower technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there are broader issues involved in the nuclear debate than technology alone, and Zubrin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis not shy about addressing them. He makes clear the critical difference between practical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenvironmentalism, which seeks to improve the environment for the benefit of humanity, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideological environmentalism, which seeks to use instances of human insult to natural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenvironment as evidence for a prosecutorial case against human liberty. He shows how the latter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschool of thought is wrong, not only with respect to the catastrophic harm it would do to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehumanity, but to nature as well. He also exposes the masters of mercenary environmentalism, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho deploy troops of dupes to shut down companies or whole industries in order to eliminate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompetition in return for being suitably rewarded by the beneficiaries of such efforts. He shows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat when it comes to environmental improvement, freedom is not the problem; freedom is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esolution. He makes clear both the possibility and necessity of a nuclear-power-enabled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erevolution in the human condition by putting it in a broader historical context of the overall process of development of civilization, whereby new technologies create new resources and new knowledge, which in turn make possible still more technological advance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, Zubrin brings all this to bear to address the greatest threat facing humanity today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- which is the possibility that we will turn on each other, as we did in the 20 th century, under the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espell of the false idea that resources are finite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly in a world of unlimited resources can all men and women be brothers and sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly in a world of freedom can resources be unlimited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the world we can, and must, create. In The Case for Nukes, Zubrin shows us how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12131365\"\u003eRobert Zubrin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polaris Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736386064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736386069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI051000\"\u003ePhysics | Nuclear\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polaris Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44476752953581,"sku":"9781736386064","price":26.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_edf6843a-ccc4-468a-ab1b-add74bb11e0c.jpg?v=1700690007","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-case-for-nukes-how-we-can-beat-global-warming-and-create-a-free-open-and-magnificent-future-9781736386064","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}