Product Description

What is happening to us and our planet? The book specifically researches and reports the fact about the deteriorating physical state of the planet. Book gives specific proposals for the reverse of the damage we are causing. Brain O'Leary with his austranaut training and observation presents us his solutions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1380188 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Brain O'Leary was a NASA scientist-astronaut and Ivy League professor specializing in planetary science. he has advised several presidential candidates and is a world renown speaker on the environment.

Customer Reviews

A great book by a great visionary
Brian O'Leary is one of earth's most important visionaries. His adventurous path has roamed far and wide, and landed him in the middle of the critical problem that humanity faces today: its energy situation.

To those who are familiar with the "let's ride bikes" solution of mainstream environmentalists and orthodox "alternative" energy practitioners, Brian's work is a horse of a different color. Brian has spent many years investigating alternative energy researchers and inventions, traveling the globe. His message is this: cheap or even free, non-polluting, renewable energy is just around the corner, if enough people care enough to help it along.

The obstacles to making it happen are many, and long ago Brian realized that denial was the most common reaction to the possibility of free energy, and the scientific community was probably more deeply in its thrall than any other group.

Brian is anything but a one-theme writer, and the solutions he proposes are in the comprehensivist tradition of Buckminster Fuller and the few others like him. Brian's goal is healing humanity and the planet. His book is a courageous and brilliant overview of the problems we face and the solutions that await use.

I admit to a bias in reviewing this work. I am a fellow traveler and living evidence of the "suppression syndrome" that Brian writes so capably about:

If you want a short, one-volume work on comprehensive solutions to humanity's most pressing issues, you can't do much better than Brian's book. The next step is doing something about it. Together, we can heal the planet.

Visionary Perspectives for Sustainability & Transformation
Author Brian O'Leary's rich background spans a wide spectrum of academic and applied scientific fields. He thus provides his readers with a visionary and insightful perspective of Realistic Sustainability from many different viewpoints. O'Leary's experience as a teacher, lecturer, author, and NASA Scientist allows him to bring forth new and enlightened visions for the future of the Human Race through a set of new approaches and solutions which lie at...or beyond...the leading edges of Science and Technology.
O'Leary is perhaps one of the few individuals on Earth who has had the depth of experience to speak with both knowledge and grace on the many subjects he touches on in this book. Very few scholars or visionaries on the Planet have the background to provide this type of vision, and to push the envelope of human consciousness in such a unique way.
Anywho seriously concerned about the presenly ominous course of Spaceship Earth and its inhabitants, should find this book a welcome addition to their library, for Brian O'Leary is provocative, dedicated, and vitally concerned about the state of the Global Biosphere, as well as the present consumer-driven, fossil-Fuel-addicted mentality of Global Society. For those who are genuinely concerned, and open to transformative thinking, O'Leary offers us both hope and encouragement. For anyone so interested and committed, I hightly recommend this fascinating and insightful book. Elliott Maynard, President, Arcos Cielos Research Center, Sedona, Arizona.

Now is the time
For anyone interested in getting the real story about what has been happening and NOT happening in science should read this book. Brian O'Leary writes pretty well but his experiences and insight are without peer when it comes to describing the incredibly inept way our scientific community goes about its business. This is an important book. A must read for anyone who wants to know why we seem to be stuck in this current environmental and energy quagmire.