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Hot, Flat and Crowded by Tomas L Friedman 2008 HCDC First Edition

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1st Edition
ISBN
9780374166854
EAN
9780374166854
Book Title
Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year
2008
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
Thomas L. Friedman
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science, Social Science, Political Science
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Sociology / General, Environmental / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Power Resources / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Thomas L. Friedman's phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked--how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is "hot, flat, and crowded." Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things--unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green. This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that America cannot afford to miss. 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. It will be the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good that are our nation's greatest natural resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374166854
ISBN-13
9780374166854
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63880313

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America
Author
Thomas L. Friedman
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Sociology / General, Environmental / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Power Resources / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ge197 .F75 2008b
Reviews
"Like it or not, we need Tom Friedman. ...By and large [he] gets the big issues right." -- The Washington Post Cover Review "Required Reading" -- Business Week "A compelling manifesto that deserves a wide reading, especially by members of Congress and candidates for President." -- The Boston Globe " New York Times columnist and globalization exponent Thomas Friedman pleads for Americans to wake up to the perils and opportunities of an emerging resource-strapped world. The author comes across as a blend of Will Rogers, Jack Welch and Norman Vincent Peale--a plain-spoken citizen outraged at the bullheadedness of U.S. politicians, yet optimistic about the power of ingenuity and finely crafted policy to avert disaster." -- Newsweek, A compelling manifesto that deserves a wide reading, especially by members of Congress and candidates for President., New York Times columnist and globalization exponent Thomas Friedman pleads for Americans to wake up to the perils and opportunities of an emerging resource-strapped world. The author comes across as a blend of Will Rogers, Jack Welch and Norman Vincent Peale--a plain-spoken citizen outraged at the bullheadedness of U.S. politicians, yet optimistic about the power of ingenuity and finely crafted policy to avert disaster.
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2008-930589
Dewey Decimal
320.5/8
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by y877AOXxRZG@Deleted
    May 08, 2009

    A Warning to Heed

    Tom Friedman is one of my favorite authors. He has this unique ability to explain complicated topics in easy to grasp terms using great images from life. This book is a great corollary to his "World is Flat" that came out few years ago. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" has some ominous warnings in it that needed to be heeded by leaders and nations especially the USA and actions needed to be taken with the seriousness they deserve. This book is a must read for all those concerned about the environment. Paul Veliyathil

  • by dnPKtLNaSwm@Deleted
    Nov 13, 2009

    Friedman has some good ideas, but his book is flawed

    Friedman is the perfect idealist and optimist in his book. He thinks that everything will be fixed if we can just get money in the right places and people to think about what they are doing to the environment. However, he doesn't seem to consider the amount of influence lobbies in Congress have. I think that lobbies are a much bigger influence and deserve more to be written about them. But, most of the ideas that Friedman brings up are good, such as being able to turn off your A/C online. I bought this for a class on environmental writing. I would have liked to have read Lost Mountain by Eric Reece, but my professor didn't let me.

  • by telecombanker
    Dec 11, 2008

    Must read for anyone wanting to make informed decisions

    Supremely good book. I've bought numerous copies to send to friends & relatives for Christmas. A wealth of facts and expert opinions that all add up to an inescapable conclusion - it is in the economic interest of the United States and every American to immediately adopt a radically new energy strategy. Get away from petroleum dependency. Incentivize investment, R&D and applications to create a new energy industry (in the same fundamental way that the US military funded the creation of the internet). Globalization and underlying demographic factors (China & India) mean that the clock is ticking - very soon the "emerging markets" will produce, consumer and pollute as much as we in the USA and the industrialized world are doing. Oh, and global warming is here and it just might be too late ...

  • by DlpQ-umYSsq@Deleted
    Aug 03, 2009

    Hot,Flat and Crowded

    This book is very readable and goes beyond his description of Global Warming to articulate what some of the reasonable ways to deal with the problem of Greenhouse gases might be. As such it is very constructive and optimistic. On the other hand I have just finished the book "Climate Change" by Roy W. Spencer who argues the flip side of the global warning hypothesis. Although this book is somewhat cynical it does show the need for a real discourse before we commit the wealth of the US to solve the "problem". I recommend you read both. Thomas Davidson

  • by jN5xfk2ySze@Deleted
    Dec 01, 2008

    Hot, Flat, and Crowded

    Good information, but it NOT objective. However, objectivity is not the author's intention. Very interesting and enlightening. Bought the book after seeing Friedman on book review program on cnbc.

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