Mike Berners-Lee

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1) The burning question: we can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas - so how do we quit?

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Berners-Lee, Mike

Publisher

Profile Books

Pub. Date

2013

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Entertaining and authoritative, 'The Burning Question' reveals climate change as the most fascinating intellectual, social and political puzzle in human history. It shows that - despite increasingly dire warnings from scientists - carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following a trend that goes back hundreds of years.

2) How bad are bananas?: the carbon footprint of everything

Author

Berners-Lee, Mike

Publisher

Profile Books

Pub. Date

2020

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'How Bad Are Bananas?' was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2010, when most of us were hearing the phrase 'carbon footprint' for the first time. Mike Berners-Lee set out to inform us what was important (aviation, heating, swimming pools) and what made very little difference (bananas, naturally packaged, are good!). This new edition updates all the figures (from data centres to hosting a World Cup) and introduces many areas that have become...