An edition of Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution and how it can renew America
(2008)
Hot, flat, and crowded
why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America
Release 2.0, updated and expanded.
by Thomas L. Friedman and Oliver Wyman
- 4 Ratings
- 11 Want to read
- 0 Currently reading
- 3 Have read
Share
×Close
Last edited by Tom Morris
June 28, 2024 | History
Friedman's 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.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English Japanese Arabic
Subjects
Environmental conditions, Social conditions, Green movement, Climatic changes, Environmental aspects of Power resources, Green technology, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Power resources, Energy policy, Environnement, Miljöfrågor, Usa, Conditions sociales, Ökologische Bewegung, Écologisme, Climate, Erneuerung, Ecology, Miljöpolitik, Environmental protection, Climatic change, Energy resources, Government policy, Government, Gröna rörelsen, Socioeconomic organization, China, Energy policies, Renewable energy resources, Environmental policies, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Environmental policy, united states, Energy policy, united states, United states, environmental conditions, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Large type books, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-09-28, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Green movement--united states, Green technology--united states, Power resources--environmental aspects, Environmental policy--united states, Energy policy--united states, Ge197 .f76 2009, 363.705250973, Climate--government policy, Climate--government policy--united states, Energy resources--united states, Renewable energy resources--united states, Ge197 .f75 2008b, 320.5/8, LEADERSHIP, Technologie de protection de l'environnement, Climat, Changements, Ressources énergétiques, Aspect de l'environnement, Politique gouvernementale, Politique énergétique, Climate change, United states, social conditions, PopulationPlaces
United StatesTimes
1980-Showing 10 featured editions. View all 24 editions?
![Cover of: [Hot, flat, and crowded]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12908491-S.jpg "Cover of: [Hot, flat, and crowded]")
Book Details
Table of Contents
I. 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
Dumb as we wanna be
The Re-Generation
II. WHERE WE ARE.
Today's date: 1 E.C.E. Today's weather: hot, flat, and crowded
Our carbon copies (or, too many Americans)
Fill 'er up with dictators
Global weirding
The age of Noah
Energy poverty
Green is the new red, white, and blue
III. HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. 205 easy ways to save the earth
The energy internet: when IT meets ET
The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones
If it isn't boring, it isn't green
A million Noahs, a million arks
Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, buy one, get four free)
IV. CHINA. Can red China become green China?
V. AMERICA. China for a day (but not for two)
A democratic China, or a banana republic?
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
Home Library
from Vivienne
-
Jocelyn
from jocelyn1941
-
likee
from Jacquelyn Wiseman
| June 28, 2024 | Edited by Tom Morris | Merge works |
| June 28, 2024 | Edited by Tom Morris | Merge works |
| December 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |