Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution, and how it can renew America /
Thomas L. Friedman.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
- 438 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Where we are -- Where birds don't fly -- Today's date : 1 E.C.E. Today's weather : hot, flat, and crowded -- How we got here -- Our carbon copies (or, Too many Americans) -- Fill 'er up with dictators -- Global weirding -- age of Noah -- Energy poverty -- Green is the new red, white, and blue -- How we move forward -- 205 easy ways to save the Earth -- energy Internet : when IT meets ET -- Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones -- If it isn't boring, it isn't green -- million Noahs, a million arks -- Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, Buy one, get four free) -- China -- Can Red China become Green China? -- America -- China for a day (but not for two) -- Democratic China, or a banana republic? -- Acknowledgments -- Index. pt. 1. 1. 2. pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The 7. 8. pt. 3. 9. 10. The 11. The 12. 13. A 14. pt. 4. 15. pt. 5. 16. ch. 17. A
Examines America's loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11, and the global environmental crisis, and shows how the solutions to these two problems are linked.
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Green movement--United States. Green technology--United States. Climatic changes. Power resources--Environmental aspects. Environmental policy--United States. Energy policy--United States. Energy policy--United States. Climate--Government policy--United States. Energy resources--United States. Renewable energy resources--United States. Environmental policy--United States.
United States--Environmental conditions. United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.