pickHonestly, a much easier and more straightforward read than I thought to was going to be.
It definitely brings the facts and the stats, and not all of them are encouraging, but in proposing better ideas for the future it helps to present, and properly frame, the mistakes and misconceptions of the past.
An overwhelming proportion of this book is about money and work, but that makes a great deal of sense, from at the very least a subjective 1/?
...sense of the magnitude of the problem. But there are no accurate studies of how well that waste is disposed of because the ships are not required to follow any state or national laws once in international waters.
What‘s happening now all falls under the Neoliberalism play book doused with fascism. We‘ve been heading in this direction for decades. The Cheeto just put it into overdrive. #Thewholethingithinkitssick
The air pollution from just one of the giant docked ships in Venice is the equivalent of 12,000 idling cars every day. In a city that bans automobiles, that is a major source of air pollution.
In the twenty-first century, France has become the most visited country in the world, beating out the United States, the former champ.
I appreciate the book ending in a kick in the pants aimed at the Left/'underdog socialists', the man knows his mostly likely audience and is eager to ensure action by again pointing out what hasn't worked, and in inspirational fashion, what could. 2d
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