Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America is a book by New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United States' economic and political stature in the world is to embrace the clean energy and green technology industries. The title derives from the convergence of Hot (global warming), Flat (globalization, as... more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America is a book by New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United States' economic and political stature in the world is to embrace the clean energy and green technology industries. The title derives from the convergence of Hot (global warming), Flat (globalization, as discussed in Friedman's book The World Is Flat) and Crowded (population growth). The book was released on 09-08-2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The audiobook was released simultaneously by Macmillan Audio. The cover art is taken from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. Release 2.0 Updated and Expanded November 2009. In the book, Thomas L. Friedman addresses America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11 and the global environmental crisis. He advocates that global warming, rapidly growing populations, and... less