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245 0 0 _aThrillcraft :
_bthe environmental consequences of motorized recreation /
_cedited by George Wuerthner.
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aWhite River Junction, Vt. :
_bChelsea Green Pub. Co.
264 4 _c©2007
300 _axxxvi, 274 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color), color map ;
_c35 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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380 _aBook
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385 _aGeneral
_2tlctarget
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aEstrangement from nature -- How did it come to this? -- Environmental impacts -- Bearing witness across america -- Stopping eco-terrorism on our american soil -- A light at the end of the tunnel -- A choice for public lands.
520 _a"Monster trucks, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, dirt bikes, dune buggies, jet skis, and SUVs--how we love our carbon-spewing, rip-roaring, earth-bashing motorized craft, but, oh, what havoc they wreak. Never before has the damage done by ORVs to earth, water, air, plants, wildlife, and our own senses and sensibility been so graphically documented as in this supersized, in-your-face album of photographs and essays by scientists, nature writers, and social critics, among them Rick Bass, James Howard Kunstler, and Ted Williams. Edited by ecologist Wuerthner, this forthright condemnation of "motorized wreckreation" details the abuse of public lands and trails, and addresses issues of liberty and responsibility. Writers analyze our fascination with machine power, our estrangement from nature, and the societal frustrations that induce ORV drivers to tear up the landscape. Helmeted, gloved, and mud-splattered thrill crafters, looking like space soldiers on an alien planet, are contrasted with people walking serenely. Given global warming and peak oil prices, the thrill-craft craze seems wanton and fatalistic, and while some readers will find this bold volume insulting, many will find it truthful and affirming."
650 0 _aOff-road vehicles
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zUnited States.
_0(DLC)sh 98002175
650 0 _aWilderness areas
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zUnited States.
_0(DLC)sh 95001788
650 0 _aNature
_xEffect of human beings on
_zUnited States.
_0(DLC)sh2010103533
700 1 _aWuerthner, George,
_eeditor.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003654.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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