This book was on my reading list for an Environmental Land Use Planning class I took in law school. I was impressed Al Gore had such scientific knowledge and the interest in the subject to write it. Then someone told me that politicians often "collaborate" with ghost writers to get credit as author for books for political purposes. I don't know how much Al Gore was involved in writing this book, but it still was a good book. I am saddened Al Gore was cheated out of becoming the president in a year that popular vote in the US chose him. The environment would have been in a much better state, as would international opinion of the United States, not to mention all the lives needlessly sacrificed and scarred as a result of President Bush's choices.

A wake-up call from a brilliant man that continues to be foolishly ignored by millions. And yes, I voted for him in 2000 (correctly).

I read this in Cape May some time before August 1994. It may have been 1992 or 93. I recall at the time I thought, "So what?" It wasn't Earth-shattering. I suspect I would be far more critical today.

This book had a few interesting and intriguing parts/analogies/graphs, but the majority of it seemed unorganized and did not engage me.