After cooling : on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
363.738 WILSO
2 available
363.738 WILSO
2 available
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Central - Adult Nonfiction | 363.738 WILSO | Available |
Central - Adult Nonfiction | 363.738 WILSO | Available |
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 465 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index.
Description
"Interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world. In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning history, climate science, road trips, and philosophy to tell the story of the birth, life, and afterlife of Freon, the refrigerant that ripped a hole larger than the continental United States in the ozone layer. As he traces the refrigerant's life span from its invention in the 1920s--when it was hailed as a miracle of scientific progress--to efforts in the 1980s to ban the chemical (and the resulting political backlash), Wilson finds himself on a journey through the American heartland, trailing a man who buys up old tanks of Freon stockpiled in attics and basements to destroy what remains of the chemical before it can do further harm. Wilson is at heart an essayist, looking far and wide to tease out what particular forces in American culture--in capitalism, in systemic racism, in our values--combined to lead us into the Freon crisis and then out. It's a story that offers a rare glimpse of environmental hope, suggesting that maybe the vast and terrifying problem of global warming is not beyond our grasp to face."--,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilson, E. D. (2021). After cooling: on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Eric Dean. 2021. After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Eric Dean. After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort Simon & Schuster, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Eric Dean. After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2021.
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