Just finished reading the 2005 edition of “The Weather Makers” by Tim Flannery. This book is mentioned in Business Stripped Bare by Richard Branson as the one that galvanized him into action on reducing emissions from his businesses.
The first two thirds of the book are pretty interesting, where he sticks to his thesis that human kind have been modifying the weather for a lot longer than we think (including extending the current inter-Ice Age warm period).
He claims that we need to sequestrate 50 Km cubed of liquid CO2 per day ! Would like to see a verification of these figures. Because that is a hell of a lot (i.e. unfeasible amount) to put away.
I learned a lot about Milankovitch cycles, which explain how the orbit & variation of tilt angle of the earth accounts for a lot of climate change.
The last third of the book went over the well trodden ground explaining about renewable energy options etc etc.
