Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth

Cover......Page 1
Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents\r......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Space Utilization: A Moral Imperative......Page 30
Part I. Mythical Paradise......Page 38
2. Fire: Formation of Earth and the Solar System......Page 40
3. Earth Before Man: Utopia or Nightmare?......Page 50
Part II. Paradise Lost?......Page 56
4. The Environmental Dilemma: Progress or Collapse?......Page 58
5. Exploding Population......Page 68
6. Climate Change......Page 78
7. Vanishing Life......Page 88
8. Diminishing Energy......Page 96
9. Humans Before the Industrial Age: A Desirable Ecological Goal?......Page 108
Part III. Paradise Regained......Page 116
10. Raw Materials from Space......Page 118
11. Power from the Sun......Page 136
12. Environmental Monitoring from Space......Page 148
13. Protecting Earth......Page 162
14. Mitigating Global Warming......Page 174
15. Settling the Solar System......Page 186
16. Paradise Regained: An Optimistic Future......Page 198
Afterword......Page 202
Why Space Advocates and Environmentalists should work together......Page 204
Index......Page 206