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Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) |  | Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Substantially Revised
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0393337197
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.7
EAN: 9780393337198
ASIN: 0393337197
Publication Date: October 5, 2009
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“[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington Post As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.
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 Our Heavenly Orb August 25, 2010
Gator
Every citizen, especially those seeking positions of leadership, should be required to read this book. It is very balanced and fact-driven, and one senses no particular political agenda behind it. One of the best books I have read this year.
Sensible Solutions, but Could Have Done Without the Alarmism August 21, 2010
LeeHoFooks
Though I believe the state of the environment to be a very important issue, I find the alarmism present in much environmental literature to be irresponsible and dishonest, and this book is chock full of it. (No, Lester Brown, civilization is not on the verge of collapsing.)
Despite that, Brown more than redeems himself with his proposed solutions to today's environmental problems. You won't find any far-fetched, "Scientific American"-type fixes here (mirrors in space, etc.); "Plan B 4.0" offers practical solutions the governments of the world could easily begin today, if they choose to do so. Methods range from the incredibly simple (planting lots and lots of trees) to the very innovative -- but still simple, really (urban agriculture, composting toilets).
Probably my favorite thing about "Plan B" is that it dispels the myth that environmentalists are misanthropes, especially in regard to population control. Population control is not about "letting people die" of disease or hunger (or both). If that were the case, overpopulation would not be a problem. (The richest countries in the world have the most stable birth rates. The highest birth rates in the world are in the sickest, hungriest nations.) Brown's misanthropic, evil scheme to control population growth involves schools (as girls who go to school wait to have children when they're older), clinics (because, with vaccinations available, 3rd world women don't feel the need to have many children in the event that they don't all grow to adulthood), condoms (as [oh the irony!] the best way to prevent overpopulation is also the best way to prevent AIDS), and plans to end poverty and hunger and support failing states.
Read "Plan B 4.0." Don't worry -- civilization is not about to collapse. BUT it may suffer some serious blows in coming years if world leaders don't begin to implement these (so very simple) solutions to an environmental crisis that is a real concern.
 Terrible writing, poor editing, reurgitated public opinion ... August 3, 2010
Max J. Pucher (Zug Switzerland)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
There is nothing in there that is in any way new or could be interpreted as a serious plan to have some kind of realistic influence on the future of humanity. Waste of time and money. You have heard and read it all before.
very very good book on new technologies May 17, 2010
Antonio Ferrao (Lisbon, Portugal)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
very easy read but not too simplistic. covers most areas of today and tomorrow's "green" energies. must read.
Beyond laughable March 26, 2010
J. Adams (Washington, DC USA)
5 out of 33 found this review helpful
This book was written before the revelations of the whistleblower who showed the world that the "consensus" of the "scientific community" about human caused global warming was probably the greatest scientific fraud in history by publishing the emails and other data on the East Anglia University computers.
The earth's climate has gone through hundreds of major climate shifts long before mankind knew how to start a fire, and many of those shifts, such as the medieval warming, the "little ice age" and other recent events had nothing to do with Romans sailing their ships, or the Vikings settling on a very green and hospitable "Greenland" before the climate changed again and they all froze to death.
Yes butterflies move north and south in response to climate changes, as they have done for millions of years, and plants migrate and die or survive in response to the same changes, but this book is a religious tract. It has nothing to do with scientific observation since according to the author, mankind is always to blame, even though the evidence shows that mankind responds and reacts just as the fauna and flora do.
More Gorbalwarmism alarmism. Not worth the lives of the poor trees who were murdered to supply the paper for this nonsense.
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