Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Plan B 4.0

Mobilizing to Save Civilization

By Lester R. Brown
(W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393337198, 368pp.)

Publication Date: October 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Google eBook, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback

Categories: Power Resources - Alternative & Renewable, Public Policy - Economic Policy, Public Policy - Environmental Policy

Description

Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas at a pace and on a scale unimaginable even a year ago. "Plan B 4.0" explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and examines how it will affect Americans' daily lives.

Could Climate Change Topple Modern Civilization?

Friday, Oct 2, 2009

Lester Brown, president and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, argues for an aggressive increase in renewable energy production, better energy-efficiency standards and a return to human-centered urban design in his latest book, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. More at NPR.org

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