SuperFreakonomics (Pt 2)

So superfreakonomics is goin pretty well. I finished it so i really dont know where exactly to start. The quotes i picked were pretty much ones that were very well known by a lot of people that read the book. So my favorite part of the book for sure was the section where it talked about What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? So i did not know what Mount Pinatubo was because i did not understand how Al Gore could have to do with a mountain. It was very interesting to read about what was said in this book.

The answer is that Gore and Pinatubo’s eruption both suggest a way to cool the planet, albeit with methods whose cost-effectiveness are a universe apart.

This next quote has to do with the section on global warming.

In other words: it’s illogical to believe in a carbon-induced warming apocalypse and believe that such an apocalypse can be averted simply by curtailing new carbon emissions.

This quote also has to do with global warming. This section pretty much told about the science behind it and how everything and everyone is being affected

"A lot of the things that people say would be good things probably aren’t,” Myrhvold says. As an example he points to solar power. “The problem with solar cells is that they’re black, because they are designed to absorb light from the sun. But only about 12 percent gets turned into electricity, and the rest is reradiated as heat -- which contributed to global warming.

So far SuperFreakonomics has been an excellent book (Better than Freakonomics). I have already finished the book it was so good. So i am probably skipping around a lot with my quotes. I really suggest this book and the first one to anyone who is interested in reading about interesting facts and statistics. I can not wait for my next post on the book.