When giving public talks, I am often asked, 'What do I do about my Uncle Joe, who doesn't believe in climate change?' Now I finally have an answer: Buy him a copy of The Madhouse Effect, and tell him you won't talk to him until he has read it. Even if he doesn't read it, he'll look at the pictures, and that might just be enough.
Brilliant, insightful, and fresh! Two gifted experts—one a scientist, the other an editorial cartoonist—invite you to be entertained and outraged, inspired and motivated to escape the madhouse that characterizes climate dialogue and politics today. New and hilarious insights into climate change. I loved it!
It is a good primer for high school students on climate change and why we should care about it, and the “whys,” “hows,” and “whos” of the denial industry.
A breezy, engaging read.... If tackling climate change is indeed a war, then Mann and Toles have certainly earned their stripes.
A breezy, engaging read.... If tackling climate change is indeed a war, then Mann and Toles have certainly earned their stripes.
Recommended.
Concise and fiercely illustrated.
The best of both worlds: an illustrated compendium of horrifying science that also provides a few laughs.
[A] brilliant, colorful escape hatch form the madhouse of the climate wars.... [The Madhouse Effect] may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.
If you are not concerned about climate change yet, please read this book. If you are unaware of the hard-core deniers among us, read this book. If you are a climate change denier, doubter, techno-fixer, or luke-warmer, read this book. Mann and Toles have written some words and drawn some pictures for you, so maybe you'll get it this time.
Michael E. Mann is one of the planet's great climate scientists, and Tom Toles may be the great climate communicator—together, they are a category 5 storm of information and indignation, wreaking humorous havoc on those who would deny the greatest challenge humans have ever faced.
For centuries, powerful forces of greed have tried to hide the truth, but that doesn't change reality—the earth is round and climate change is very real. The Madhouse Effect brilliantly dissects the climate denial industry, empowering all of us to see the facts and take action before it's too late.
Mann and Toles are uniquely qualified to lampoon the disconnect between our national politics and how reasonable people at the local, state and regional level – as well as their counterparts in other countries – are rolling their sleeves up and actually dealing with climate change.
