Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
by: Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp
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How to harness the great forces ofcapitalism tosave the worldfrom catastrophe.The forecasts are grim and time is running out,but that's not the end of the story. In thisbook, Fred Krupp, longtime president ofEnvironmental Defense Fund, brings a stirringand hopeful call to arms: We can solveglobal warming. And in doing so we willbuild the new industries, jobs, and fortunes ofthe twenty-first century.In thesepages the reader will encounter the boldinnovators and investors who are reinventingenergy and the ways we use it. Among them: afrontier impresario who keeps his ice hotelfrozen all summer long with the energy of hotsprings; 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 inthe roughest Pacific waters, who are nowharvesting the fierce power of the wavesthemselves.These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world's biggest businessand save the planet—if America's politicalleaders give them a fair chance to compete.
How to harness the great forces ofcapitalism tosave the worldfrom catastrophe.The forecasts are grim and time is running out,but that's not the end of the story. In thisbook, Fred Krupp, longtime president ofEnvironmental Defense Fund, brings a stirringand hopeful call to arms: We can solveglobal warming. And in doing so we willbuild the new industries, jobs, and fortunes ofthe twenty-first century.In thesepages the reader will encounter the boldinnovators and investors who are reinventingenergy and the ways we use it. Among them: afrontier impresario who keeps his ice hotelfrozen all summer long with the energy of hotsprings; 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 inthe roughest Pacific waters, who are nowharvesting the fierce power of the wavesthemselves.These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world's biggest businessand save the planet—if America's politicalleaders give them a fair chance to compete.
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- Informative Up-to-date ideas
This book was made into a special shown on the Discovery Channel in March 2009. It is the most uplifting look at what we can do to save our planet by using renewable energy technologies. There are new ideas blossoming every day ~ and not just in large companies, but, in backyards and small businesses ~ by every-day people.
Rating: - Good News for Renewable Energy
Earth the Sequel has great descriptions on the many renewable energy sources being developed by brilliant people.It is a very hopeful and positive book, and it appears that there are quite a few sources of energy that are completely sustainable, which will be affordable in the near future.It's quite possible that some of the more fanciful ideas will never be brought to a commercial level, but some of the more interesting ones were the fuels from algae, concentrated solar power with thermal storage, ... Read More
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- Excellent primer.
Good views on alternative energy and how it plays into the economy. I personally like the explanation regarding how the free market can help control polluting emissions via the free market cap/trade model vs. government mandates.
Rating: - Jim in NC
Overall a fascinating book EXCEPT for the section on transportation (pp 216-231); it reads like a PR piece for the U.S. automobile industry and/or a junior high report.Very strange, considering the quality of the rest.
Rating: - A rebuttal to flat-earthers.
I recommend this book to those people who are in any way swayed by economic arguments as to the cost of tackling climate change. As with the advent of any new technological change from the spinning loom on; there are entrenched interests who will fight tooth and nail to stop change on the basis of societal cost. This book does a good job of proving that changing of our energy usage and improving our energy efficiencies can be beneficial - to our wallets and to our children's future. Try to recommend it ... Read More
- Informative Up-to-date ideasThis book was made into a special shown on the Discovery Channel in March 2009. It is the most uplifting look at what we can do to save our planet by using renewable energy technologies. There are new ideas blossoming every day ~ and not just in large companies, but, in backyards and small businesses ~ by every-day people.
- Good News for Renewable EnergyEarth the Sequel has great descriptions on the many renewable energy sources being developed by brilliant people.It is a very hopeful and positive book, and it appears that there are quite a few sources of energy that are completely sustainable, which will be affordable in the near future.It's quite possible that some of the more fanciful ideas will never be brought to a commercial level, but some of the more interesting ones were the fuels from algae, concentrated solar power with thermal storage, ... Read More
- Excellent primer.Good views on alternative energy and how it plays into the economy. I personally like the explanation regarding how the free market can help control polluting emissions via the free market cap/trade model vs. government mandates.
- Jim in NCOverall a fascinating book EXCEPT for the section on transportation (pp 216-231); it reads like a PR piece for the U.S. automobile industry and/or a junior high report.Very strange, considering the quality of the rest.
- A rebuttal to flat-earthers.I recommend this book to those people who are in any way swayed by economic arguments as to the cost of tackling climate change. As with the advent of any new technological change from the spinning loom on; there are entrenched interests who will fight tooth and nail to stop change on the basis of societal cost. This book does a good job of proving that changing of our energy usage and improving our energy efficiencies can be beneficial - to our wallets and to our children's future. Try to recommend it ... Read More
