Reddit reviews Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America, Release 2.0

People don't realize, the country that comes up with the technological breakthroughs that solve the problem of replacing dirty fuel sources becomes the country that can sell the technology to other countries.

Energy production technology will be the next industrial revolution.

For those interested: Hot, Flat, and Crowded

I can't give you numbers, although others have made such attempts. There is a book available called Six Degrees that attempts to describe the impacts of climate change over 100 years at different levels (1 degree C change; 2 degree C change; etc.). It has numbers, although I can't suggest how accurate they are (those kinds of numerical forecasting exercises are virtually impossible to do with accuracy in complex systems).

Another pop-science but seemingly sound exploration of likely effects (and current conditions) is Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Friedman. It definitely has a "position," but it is a good qualitative place to start if you want an entryway into global environmental change dynamics.

Any energy storage is going to have a risk / danger to it.

The guys at Amber Kinetics have real-life demos going with several cities in Northern Califonia.

I've been a big fan of these types of "Green" solutions since Thomas Friedman wrote about it in Hot, Flat and Crowded back in 2008.

And if you want to balance out your view you should also consider both sides

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