Andrew Moore is a freelance science writer and communications advisor. Dr. Moore earned his PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology, and protein structural studies through a joint program between the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK. He was Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal BioEssays for 13 years (2008 to 2021), and before that, a programme manager and editor at the European Molecular Biology Organization (1999 to 2008).

• Acknowledgments


• Foreword


• Chapter 1: What carbon "does" in the universe - From the first stars to life on Earth


• Chapter 2: The carbon economy of nutrition and food production - Getting out of control in most respects


• Chapter 3: Sources and sinks - Where carbon compounds accumulate on Earth, and what they do there


• Chapter 4: Fuels, efficiency, and emissions - Understanding carbon-based energy carriers in the larger picture of sustainability


• Chapter 5: The call to "decarbonize" - Public perception, hard-to-abate carbon-positives, and hard-to-achieve carbon-negatives


• Chapter 6: Decarbonizing the car - Trading off CO2 against larger environmental problems?


• Chapter 7: A carbonaceous, biology-inspired recipe for sensible and environmentally-conscious energy economies


• List of figures


• References


• Index of topics

Many politicians, industry leaders, and even some scientists advocate replacing carbon-based energy carriers with other elements and mineral-based solutions. But in The Decarbonization Delusion, Andrew Moore argues that we should instead look to the biological Earth as a model for how humans can use carbon sustainably. Moore challenges the idea that the race to decarbonize is good for the planet. In fact, he argues that doing so could lead us further down the road to environmental disaster. Heavily researched, The Decarbonization Delusion uses sound reasoning and solid data to demonstrate why carbon should continue to play a critical role in our energy economies.