Hot, flat, and crowded
Subtitle: why the world needs a green revolution--and how we can renew our global future
By: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781846141294; 9781846141638
Subjects: Power resources; Climatic changes; Green technology; Changement climatique; Environmental conditions; Ecology; Environmental policy; Social conditions; Green movement; Evaluation de l'environnement; Surpeuplement; Mondialisation; Energy policy
Description: Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy, which he calls 'Code-Green', is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating - it is what we need to make us all healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.; title: Where we are -- -- 1.; title: Where birds don't fly -- -- 2.; title: Today's date : 1 E.C.E. Today's weather : hot, flat, and crowded -- -- pt. 2.; title: How we got here -- -- 3.; title: Our carbon copies (or, Too many Americans) -- -- 4.; title: Fill 'er up with dictators -- -- 5.; title: Global weirding -- -- 6. The; title: age of Noah -- -- 7.; title: Energy poverty -- -- 8.; title: Green is the new red, white, and blue -- -- pt. 3.; title: How we move forward -- -- 9.; title: 205 easy ways to save the Earth -- -- 10. The; title: energy Internet : when IT meets ET -- -- 11. The; title: Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones -- -- 12.; title: If it isn't boring, it isn't green -- -- 13. A; title: million Noahs, a million arks -- -- 14.; title: Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, Buy one, get four free) -- -- pt. 4.; title: China -- -- 15.; title: Can Red China become Green China? -- -- pt. 5.; title: America -- -- 16.; title: China for a day (but not for two) -- -- ch. 17. A; title: Democratic China, or a banana republic? ---- Acknowledgments-- Index.