Saturday, December 5, 2009

Roadtrip with Hot, Flat and Crowded

Thanks to the audiobook edition of Thomas L. Freidman's Hot, Flat and Crowded I have been able to "read" about his views of the global environmental crisis. He describes it as the biggest innovation project to face the American history. Fully grasped and enacted upon the need to change ecological direction would revolutionize the economy and almost every characteristic of North American life. I now think about the climate crisis in a whole new way. He describes a Code Green plan, the need for innovation, energy efficiency, a commitment to conservation and government policies. Clean energy is not sufficiently developed to sustain an energy grid. In the end, the obvious need is leadership and commitment. I hope that Friedman's outlook will take hold. Read Hot, Flat and Crowded. Think about the climate crisis with a new perspective. Act ASAP.

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