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>Baffler "The Infinite Jest of the climate book"

Anyone finished vol1?

>> No.11766259

>>11766213
Why don't I go ahead and write a book on brain surgery despite not having anything close to a medical degree? People who write about climate without a degree in atmospheric and oceanic science, and the people who buy books from these quacks should be jailed.
>t. atmos science PhD

>> No.11766263

>>11766259
But he walked around with a Geiger counter he obviously knows what hes doing!

>> No.11766271

>>11766259
Oh, I mean as a multiplex of literature. Is it fun to read like meme trilogy?

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>>11766213
>Volume One

Vollmann is insufferable. The man is a fucking parody of himself. Look at this picture -- he's one velcro patch away from being that kid in high school who was really into airsoft but couldn't join the Army so because he had asthma.

>> No.11766771

>>11766751
This is the most attractive picture of Vollmann I've seen.

>> No.11766801

>>11766213
I haven't read anything of his but I'm already bored.

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>>11766259
>MUH EXPERTS BY DECREE OF A PIECE OF PAPER

>> No.11766824

>>11766259
Because he's the best living writer and you're a nobody cuck?

>> No.11766836

So... not a IJ? Then how bad it is?

>> No.11767401

Honestly, the only proof you need to know that global warming isn't real is that the far left pushes it so hard all the time.

>> No.11767422

>>11767401
being honest does not mean being right

>> No.11767604

>>11766815
they don't just hand that shit out, brah

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>>11766815
>POSTS MUH EXPERT BY DECREE OF A PIECE OF PAPER
>Posts le epic meme TV/Web Scientist who only has a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering

>> No.11770483

>>11766213
>cooling towers pumping steam into the air
Is this supposed to be scary?

>> No.11770510

>>11770483
Lol, my thought exactly.

>> No.11770653

>>11770510
>>11770483
It's not about "muh steam is actually smoke," the first volume covers the risk of nuclear energy. A massive amount of the book is devoted to understanding just how terrifying the Fukushima disaster is.

>> No.11770666

>>11770653
But is it well-researched with credible sources, or is it muh ecosystem hack science?

>> No.11770669

Nu /lit/ hates Vollman because they want to be normies. Old /lit/ embraces weird (and, incidentally, good writing), and is a dyed-in-the-wool Vollmann board

>> No.11770675

>>11770666
You can check the sources here:
>Volume 1:
https://assets.penguinrandomhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/30204243/9780399563492_SN.pdf
>Volume 2:
https://assets.penguinrandomhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/04143324/9780525558491_SN.pdf

>> No.11770682

>>11770483
Go put your hand on a nuclear stove

>> No.11771689

>>11767401
how the fuck is that proof

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>>11766771
He was cute as a boy

>> No.11771710

>>11770483
It should have been of a landfill or a forest fire or something. The nuclear plant pylons is actually not good, since nuclear power is pretty green and doesn't contribute meaningfully to climate change.