Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution--and how it can renew America / Thomas L. Friedman.
By: Friedman, Thomas L
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Publisher: New York, NY : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780374166854 (cloth) :; 0374166854 (cloth) :.Subject(s): Energy policy -- United States | Climatic changes -- Government policy -- United States | Power resources -- United States | Renewable energy sources -- United States | Environmental policy -- United States| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Pt. I. Where We Are -- 1. Where Birds Dont Fly -- 2. Todays Date: 1 E.C.E. Todays Weather: Hot, Flat, and Crowded -- Pt. II. How We Got Here -- 3. Our Carbon Copies (or, Too Many Americans) -- 4. FillEr Up with Dictators -- 5. Global Weirding -- 6. The Age of Noah -- 7. Energy Poverty -- 8. Green Is the New Red, White, and Blue -- Pt. III. How We Move Forward -- 9. 205 Easy Ways to Save the Earth -- 10. The Energy Internet: When IT Meets ET -- 11. The Stone Age Didnt End Because We Ran Out of Stones -- 12. If It Isnt Boring, It Isnt Green -- 13. A Million Noahs, a Million Arks -- 14. Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, Buy One, Get Four Free) -- Pt. IV. China -- 15. Can Red China Become Green China? -- Pt. V. America -- 16. China for a Day (but Not for Two) -- 17. A Democratic China, or a Banana Republic?
Friedmans bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.
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