As we enter 2024—two decades after I picked up Franken’s book—the United States is emerging from a year in which it produced more oil than any country in history We are approaching a presidential election in which there will more than likely be a Republican candidate who denies or questions the basic scientific reality of global warming emissions. Even in California, a leader in the fight against climate change, carbon emissions  they are not falling fast enough to achieve our goals. How come we haven't figured this out yet? How come in 2024 - after heat waves killed  hundreds of people , fires destroyed entire cities and rising seas have forced us to consider   retreat from the coast – we spend more and more time arguing about whether climate change is real, and if so, how to deal with it, how to replace coal, oil, and gas with clean energy?(SAMMY ROTH