The World Without Us
Hardcover – 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0312347294
ISBN-13: 9780312347291
Description
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; ...
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Interesting but not satisfying. There is an interesting duality in this book (stated in the book as well) all of us wish the world would go back to how it was without us, but are saddened by the fact that for that to happen none of us would be around.
Some of the more chilling stories are what would happen the oil refineries in Texas and nuclear plants around the world if humans were to disappear. At the same time, the US-centric focus of the book does leave one wishing the author had spent more time speculating on other parts of the world as well.

