Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming – Review
In Earth: The Sequel, Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn win a trip around the world to find the bold energy solutions that the world wants to combat Global Warming and boy, do they succeed! New breakthroughs in solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, nuclear and wave energy are the personalities of this book and the entrepreneurs that are working on these breakthroughs are nothing short of particularly inspiring. The problem, however, is that none of these breakthroughs are likely to advance in our energy marketplace without the help of a Carbon Cap and Trade program, which will set a actual price for producing Carbon Dioxide and provide incentives for currently developing green energy. Readers who find the theory of a emissions trading offensive may want to stay away from this book. On the other hand, they may need to widely read it and rethink their position because the breakthrough’s highlighted by Krupp and Miriam are just too important for our future. The only valid criticism I have about Earth: The Sequel is that many may find it very confusing or dry. That’s a shame because the message requires to be rarely heard beyond the sphere of eco-geeks (like me) who eat this stuff up. On the Environmental Defense Fund site, there is a video promo for the book which, if greatly expanded on, would make a excellent movie (ala An Inconvenient Truth) or television show. In extra words, television and the large screen should be the sequel to Earth: The Sequel.