From the visionary NYT bestselling author of NEW YORK 2140 comes a near-future novel that is a gripping exploration of climate change, technology, politics and the human behaviours that drive these forces.
Right. But look, Dr. G, even if we could get this to work, the glacier would still move downstream, so eventually this whole pumping system would get swept out to sea. It would have to be rebuilt up here again.
Of course! I said. It’s like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. All kinds of things have to be done like that. Maintenance stuff.
Besides, what’s the alternative? someone pointed out.
It’ll cost a ton!
What’s cost? I said. Postdocs can be so stovepiped, it would be funny if it weren’t so alarming. I clarified reality for them: Look, if you have to do something, you have to do it. Don’t keep talking about cost as if that’s a real thing. Money isn’t real. Work is real.
I really loved the part with the ice researcher: