Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001FRZ4ZS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This book should be required reading for every politician" according to John Larrison. Friedman's work is always provocative with a cautionary tone followed by an optimistic outlook. Although this as well as his previous books are somewhat dated (this one doesn't take into account the recent natural gas boom created by fracking), the general message remains as true and pertinent today as when it was written (since our. The state of the world from a pragmatic perspective Tom Friedman always has a practical point of view on things and this book is no exception. I found this book to be more forward-looking compared to The World Is Flat, which is more journalistic in its reporting of events that led to the world's economic state today. This book is more about steps the United States can take to ensure . Good, but redundant Excellent book--though if you read a lot of Friedman, there's nothing to justify a new title. He has said the same thing over and over. Of course he's right--but redundant.
Why do you think we haven't led this industry, which itself has huge technological implications? We have all the secret sauce, all the technological prowess, to lead this industry. Take your time. In my book I'm pretty optimistic about the United States. Not only is American leadership the key to the healing of the earth; it is also our best strategy for the renewal of America.In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. We do fantastically in biotech, we'r
1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. 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. 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. His argument speaks to all of us who are concerned about the state of America in the global future. But they have not gone very far down Main Street; the much-touted “green r