*Choose 3 topics from Part I and Part II that interest you, identify what pages he discusses the topics on and supply a quote to focus us in on your topic.*
Topic 1: The Great Conveyor Belt
Part I: Climate Changes (pages 77-83)
"If the great conveyor belt...were to stop flowing, the result would be sudden and dramatic." "Civilization as we know it probably couldn't withstand the impact of such a crushing blow."
Page 82, subtopic "Global warming and the end of civilization" paragraph 1.
Topic 2: Clean Water
Part I: The Last Hours of (Cheap, Clean) Water (pages 91-105)
"...at this rate of consumption, the human need for fresh water will outstrip the entire planet's replenishable supply by 2025- even before we run out of oil."
Page 103, subtopic "Water for profit" paragraph 6
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Topic 3: Nuclear Waste
Part II: Younger Culture Stories About How Things Are (pages 139-164)
"This has considerably eased the burden of waste disposal for the U.S. nuclear industry, although it may also be responsible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers coming down with Gulf war illness symptoms that are eerily reminiscent of radiation poisoning...."
Page 153, subtopic "Nuclear waste goes to war" paragraph 13.
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