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What Tomas Friedman has to say in this book is very important--and very interesting. He shows how the "green revolution" is important to much more than our environment. It is important as an opportunity for a new set of industries that is ready to be grabbed by the country with the best energy policies. It is important as a tool of foreign policy, for weakening the hold of tyrannical despots in oil-rich countries.
However, Thomas Friedman's writing style is not first-class. It is too verbose, too ...more
However, Thomas Friedman's writing style is not first-class. It is too verbose, too ...more
Nov 13, 2009
Ben
marked it as partially-read
I have found this book to contain a lot of great information (facts, projections and opinion), but much of it seems like repetition. I have listened thru the third CD and he seems to keep preaching why the world needs to change even though that was established early on. I hope there is content further on that offers some new information or solutions.
If you want to know what your future holds: read it.Awesome: well written, data rich, convincing, generative and the nearest to the real agenda for the next ten years.
Jan 15, 2012
Antonomasia
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Jan 05, 2018
Claire
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May 19, 2020
Jason Pickels
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