Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) |  | Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Edition: Substantially Revised
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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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 The best book on building a viable global future September 17, 2009
Future Watch Writer (Washington, D.C. Area)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is the best book in print that provides a comprehensive global solution to today's environmental problems. Too many environmentalists have great visions of doom but few practical solutions. I think Brown is overly optimistic but he at least does have a plan that is connected to reality. The most important part of the book is Part III, The Great Mobilization. Specifically, America needs to do a total mobilization of its economic resources as it did for World War II. Nothing less will be adequate. Only a global level he has compiled a budget for what is needed which you can read on page 263. You should read the footnotes for this to see how he got this. He has a global energy plan on page 254. If you want to know more about Brown look up his organization Earth Policy Institute on Google. Hopefully, Obama will heed Brown's advice. You might want to watch the following National Geographic special to see what the stakes are National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World.
Another Spectacular Version of Plan B December 1, 2009
Dan Mueth (Chicago, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Plan B 4.0 continues in a long line of great books that Lester Brown has put out. It is his 4th edition of Plan B, and is a valuable update to this series. It includes some new and alarming trends since 3.0, including a discussion of farmland deals which are poised to exacerbate the social crisis to follow the pending food shortages. As with the previous editions, he begins by outlining in amazingly concise and stark terms the problems we will (and already do) face on our present course with regard to water, food, energy, and security and exactly why and how these have developed in different regions. He then outlines the opportunities to change course and deploy smarter decisions, technologies, policies, and choices to avert these extremely serious problems which could soon grow to a scale which is unmanageable.
I have found that this book receives a good audience among people who are not typically aware of these issues and among people of various political leanings. I strongly recommend it for anybody who is interested in understanding the defining problems of the 21st century.
An analysis recommended for any social issues collection December 16, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
PLAN B 4.0: MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION has been substantially revised and offers an analysis of food shortages and how they can bring down civilization. From trends of falling water tables, eroding soils and rising temperatures to how world food prices are rising and millions are going hungry, this provides an analysis of a dangerous new food era marked by shortages and rising prices, and makes for an analysis recommended for any social issues collection.
Stefan K, Granger, IN December 11, 2009
Stefan G. Konstantopoulos (Granger, IN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a masterpiece of outstanding research! Lester Brown gives amazing insight into climate change and offers detailed plans to combat it that CAN NOT be ignored. After reading this book, I can't imagine any political excuse against action to ever be good enough again! His analysis would make perfect sense to even a toddler. I hope this book gets the attention it deserves.
Excellent resource on environmental issues and world hunger. November 2, 2009
Mark Weber (St. Petersburg, FL USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent resource on environmental issues and world hunger. Filled with tons of facts. A 'must-read'!
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