Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America | Thomas L. Friedman | Required reading for the survival of humans and the earth

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	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 60 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Thomas L. Friedman?s no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy?both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of us who are concerned about the state of America in the global future.

Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy? which he calls ?Geo-Greenism??is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating; it is what we need to make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.

As in The World Is Flat, he explains a new era?the Energy-Climate era?through an illuminating account of recent events. He shows how 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the flattening of the world by the Internet (which brought 3 billion new consumers onto the world stage) have combined to bring climate and energy issues to Main Street. But they have not gone very far down Main Street; the much-touted ?green revolution? has hardly begun. With all that in mind, Friedman sets out the clean-technology breakthroughs we, and the world, will need; he shows that the ET (Energy Technology) revolution will be both transformative and disruptive; and he explains why America must lead this revolution?with the first Green President and a Green New Deal, spurred by the Greenest Generation.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman?fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the world we live in today.

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INSIGHTFUL & EMPOWERING

Great talking points to have with friends and those that do not believe there is a problem. Listing to this in my Land Rover, has made me acutely aware of my impact on this earth. I have started making even better choices in my daily life and planning for the future, including informing my cirle of friends.

Required reading for the survival of humans and the earth

Mr. Friedman has done his homework! we all need to acquaint ourselves with his insights on the current socio-economic and environmental issues that affect all of us. In decades to come, he will be remembered as future-teller, describing the policies and goals we followed to counter the negative issue of gloabl warming, population explosion, and inefficient economies; or he will be remembered as someone who gave us the answers -- but we didn't listen. Putting aside his friendly, personable writing style: this is serious stuff he talks about! If you have any interest in learning about the multitude of issues related to gloabl warming, environmental resources, and political-economics, then you must read this book (or listen to the audio book like I did).

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Vital reading for all thinking Americans

Tom Friedman has written his most important book on the confluence of climate change, globalization and population growth. It is not intended to scare the reader to death, but it does. One can only hope the new President takes these issues far more seriously than President Bush and tries to lead the world in an urgent response. The devastating legacy of the collapse of the world banking system will make this even more challenging.

Required reading

Clear, insightful, and meaningful; a great sequel to "The World is Flat," this book should be required reading for informed and influential persons today. It is well researched with impressive and diverse references giving their varied perspectives on timely topics. I enjoyed the colorful writing style, tone and pace. I was very impressed by this book.

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Pres.

I have been following Friedman for a while via editorial comments. This is a great way for the US to get back onto the world stage doing good works, by getting us OFF our addiction to oil. His suggestion that there is an inverse relationship between the price of a barrel of oil and world democracy is well made.

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