Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

, by Friedman

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ISBN: 9780312428921 | 0312428928
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/24/2009

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In This Brilliant, Essential Book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work with The New York Times, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist. He is the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999), Longitudes and Attitudes (2002), and The World is Flat (2005). He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Preface to the Release 2.0 Edition	p. ix
When the Market and Mother Nature Hit the Wall
Why Citibank, Iceland's Banks, and the Ice Banks of Antarctica All Melted Down at the Same Time	p. 3
Dumb As We Wanna Be	p. 28
The Re-Generation	p. 49
Where We Are
Today's Date: 1 E.C.E. Today's Weather: Hot, Flat, and Crowded	p. 63
Our Carbon Copies (or, Too Many Americans)	p. 85
Fill 'Er Up with Dictators	p. 110
Global Weirding	p. 146
The Age of Noah	p. 180
Energy Poverty	p. 194
Green Is the New Red, White, and Blue	p. 210
How We Move Forward
205 Easy Ways to Save the Earth	p. 249
The Energy Internet: When It Meets ET	p. 263
The Stone Age Didn't End Because We Ran Out of Stones	p. 288
If It Isn't Boring, It Isn't Green	p. 320
A Million Noahs, a Million Arks	p. 353
Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, Buy One, Get Four Free)	p. 373
China
Can Red China Become Green China?	p. 399
America
China for a Day (but Not for Two)	p. 429
A Democratic China, or a Banana Republic?	p. 456
Acknowledgments	p. 477
Index	p. 485
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

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