Comments on: Review: Hot, Flat, and Crowded

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:18:00 +0000

weakonomist you have no right to critisize freidman. first you are a terrible writer. second, your idea that he’s not doing his part because his books are printed and distributed is absurd. read farenheight 451 man, a world without books is a little scary. the arguement is not that we should avoid industry altogether (which would probably destroy our economy), but that we need to take a nationwide approach to a green industry.

By: weakonomist

weakonomist — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:02:53 +0000

SJ,
I know the feeling, I use goodreads.com to track what I’ve read and need to read.

Dave,
Those are great points, we must conserve our use and obtain higher efficiencies.

TIE,
Thanks for the link, now I have a new blog to read!

Josh,
Good luck on the book, it made me very sleepy most nights, it’s worth it to get through though.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:10:03 +0000

I’m reading this book on your recommendation from a previous post. I also read ‘The World is Flat’. Thomas Friedman is a great author, and he makes lots of connections in the book about how we have gotten to where we are with this issue, which I have not heard anybody else make.

By: The Incidental Economist

The Incidental Economist — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:50:49 +0000

For a counterpoint to Friedman’s flat world meme, see the work of Ed Glaeser. He had a NY Times Economix post recently. You can pull up some relevant stuff on Google: http://tinyurl.com/not-flat

The Incidental Economist’s last blog post..Hidden Costs of Media Hysteria over Lost Data

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:17:23 +0000

I'll have to suggest that anybody who wants to be informed on this topic must also read books like "Gusher of Lies" and "The Bottomless Well". Friedman has made a lot of assertions about certain "green" technologies like Bio-Ethanol there are either ill-informed or overinflated. Also, energy efficiency is a natural course, but people should be away that efficiency does not decrease energy use. It has been scientifically proven that energy efficiency gains have always led to increased energy use. Take from that what you will. Dave C.’s last blog post..New Wolf in the Pack

By: SJ

SJ — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:35:37 +0000

I need to find time to read =) Sounds interested so added to my to-read list; it's just growing too fast lol SJ’s last blog post..“Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights”