Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman is a futurist who has presented the energy problem so that you can understand the scope of the problem and what can be done about it. Solving our energy crisis will not be done by following "101 easy things you can do to go green."
This book is split into two sections. First, the problems that have arisen based on humans' overuse of nature's resources. Second, the proposed solution. The energy crisis will require a large investment in time and money and a sacrifice by those who have money now. However, once the energy revolution takes place it will make all of us more prosperous and the world a better place.
In short, I couldn't put the book down and it has inspired me with fresh ideas for my own life.
This book is split into two sections. First, the problems that have arisen based on humans' overuse of nature's resources. Second, the proposed solution. The energy crisis will require a large investment in time and money and a sacrifice by those who have money now. However, once the energy revolution takes place it will make all of us more prosperous and the world a better place.
In short, I couldn't put the book down and it has inspired me with fresh ideas for my own life.
Decent to good science fiction novel that reminds me in many ways of Heinlein's greater works -- sexual freedom, exploration, libertarianism, hard science. I enjoyed the book but had greater expectations for it. On the plus side, the ideas of human expansion, population control, interspecies harmony and the concept of the ringworld were very interesting. On the negative side, I found the characters to be one-dimensional. I would recommend this book to a fan of science fiction.
This is a fantastic book that I was lucky enough to pick up in a used bookstore in Glendale. What has struck me most while reading the book is that most of the interviewees are shocked at how much the world has changed over the course of their lifetime. One can only wonder at how much the world will change over the next 80 years.
The descriptions of family life, school, apprenticeship, play and work and an indispensable look into the lifestyle of pre-war Japan. It is precisely this era that brought about the hard-working ethic that is associated with the Japanese now and has helped bring them out of poverty and into the first world. I found particularly interesting the descriptions of traditional Japanese trades -- carting, tree-cutting, making charcoal, fishing, silkworms, joinery, farming, mid-wife. I only wish that this book could have had even more interviews in it.
The descriptions of family life, school, apprenticeship, play and work and an indispensable look into the lifestyle of pre-war Japan. It is precisely this era that brought about the hard-working ethic that is associated with the Japanese now and has helped bring them out of poverty and into the first world. I found particularly interesting the descriptions of traditional Japanese trades -- carting, tree-cutting, making charcoal, fishing, silkworms, joinery, farming, mid-wife. I only wish that this book could have had even more interviews in it.