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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.042
EAN: 9780393066906
ISBN: 0393066908
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: March 12, 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Sales Rank: 4460
Studio: W. W. Norton
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How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.
The forecasts are grim and time is running out, but that's not the end of the story. In this book, Fred Krupp, longtime president of Environmental Defense Fund, brings a stirring and hopeful call to arms: We can solve global warming. And in doing so we will build the new industries, jobs, and fortunes of the twenty-first century.
In these pages the reader will encounter the bold innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it. Among them: a frontier impresario who keeps his ice hotel frozen all summer long with the energy of hot springs; a utility engineer who feeds smokestack gases from coal-fired plants to voracious algae, then turns them into fuel; and a tribe of Native Americans, for two thousand years fishermen in the roughest Pacific waters, who are now harvesting the fierce power of the waves themselves.
These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world's biggest business and save the planet—if America's political leaders give them a fair chance to compete.
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Rating:  - Great book to improve understanding of the energy debate
This book details the global crisis stemming from our energy usage and the related carbon emissions, and pushes cap and trade standards/policy as the optimal solution.Although the primary concern here is the environment, the economic & defense implications are also clear. Chapter by chapter, it delves into various alternative sources of cleaner energy by detailing accounts of multiple entrepreneurs and scientists in each field.The science gets a little technical for a layman at times, but ... Read More
Rating:  - Alternative Energy Information
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, is an excellent book and should be read by all Americans. It gives a good overview of the different types of alternative energy sources. It is a valuable resource for all of us to better understand the issues surrounding energy and global warming.
Rating: - Great Information
Thank you for this book and the knowledge about what is actually being done about reinventing energy and kudos to environmentalists and scientists.We should impeach all of our senators and reps, not to mention Bush and CHaney and get some real, honest people in charge of our `world'.
Rating: - Fascinating read that provides hope
The shear volume of emerging technologies described in this book is astounding and inspiring.It quickly becomes apparent that there are no more excuses for continuing our business-as-usual fossil fuel economy.There are so many clean energy solutions right on the brink of success.All they need are the right incentives and investments.A strong and compelling argument is made for a carbon cap-and-trade system, which would go a long way in helping to achieve a meaningful reduction in greenhouse ... Read More
Rating: - Good introduction to renewable energy alternatives (with one thing missing)
Earth: The Sequel The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense Fund, and Miriam Horn, is a good place to acquaint yourself with many of the alternative energy technologies currently under development. The style is easy to read and Krupp and Horn do a good job of explaining the complexities of a given technology in simple, easy-to-understand language. The focus is on future technologies that, in many cases, are still not proven, i.e. ... Read More
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