Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution; And How We Can Renew Our Global Future
Thomas Friedman's phenomenal "The World is Flat" helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today - our hot, flat and crowded world. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer...
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Thomas Friedman's phenomenal "The World is Flat" helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today - our hot, flat and crowded world. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for businesses, or the rest of us, to keep doing things the same old way. Things are going to have to change - and fast. Here Friedman provides a bold strategy for clean fuel, energy efficiency and conservation that he calls 'Code Green'. It will change everything, from what we put into our cars and see on our electricity bills to how we live our lives. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" is fearless, forward-looking and rich in common sense about the challenge - and the promise - of the future.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141036663 (0141036664)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 516
Edition language: English
I found Friendman's writing style too sensationalist to take as seriously as The World is Flat. I still learned a fair amount, and can climb on board with Friedman's environmental idealism, but did not appreciate the right-wing slandering and political bias.
Really deep insight into global warming and energy transformation issues. Friedman described various aspects of economy mechanisms beyond oil industry and recent depression. Defined main goals for America's development concerning ecology/energy challenges. His address is alarming and slightly exagge...
TOOOO much repetition. Too many words (and that from an adjective/adverb-loving person!).
This should be mandatory reading for President-Elect Obama! With so much of our money going to petro-dictators who are not our friends, we need the Federal government to step up to the plate, realize that global warming is ruining the Earth and do something about it NOW! The Big Oil lobby has been r...
Hot, Flat and Crowded can be translated as climate change, globalization, and population growth. This book is a followup to the author's best-selling The World Is Flat, a book about globalization of business. This book examines how globalization can continue in a way that doesn't doom the world du...