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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: TermProject arg3HFC 111408, 205 easy ways to save the earth past view It can feel like we are having a green revolution, SLATE: HF&C goes off the edge of the flat earth when Friedman maintains that if the US could be "China for a day," then the central government could use coercion to make Americans live greenly. ...Give Congress dictatorial environmental power today, and it would freeze all our current problems into place - because the knowledge necessary to create an affordable clean-energy economy does not yet exist. some reviews challenge Friedman's solutions outgreening al-qaeda (or buy one, get four free), America can be China for a day therefore, MP It can make sweeping changes, "Our own oil dependence is behind more bad trends domestically and around the world than any other single factor I can think of. Our addiction to oil makes global warming warmer, petrodicatators stronger, clean air dirtier, poor people poorer, democratic countries weaker, and radical terrorists richer." Friedman's "First Law of Petropolitics" The pace of freedom goes down, The Age of Noah definition Like Noah, we may have to start saving pairs of species so they do not get lost in the "flood", The price of oil goes upsystems therefore, MP The pace of freedom goes down, HOT (Climate Change) There are 6 core themes for "how we got here" - trends we must change Energy Poverty, If we are not paying attention to all the things nature gives us for free, then no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world LINK A REAL LINK TO NATURAL CAPITALISM HERE, we should do something about it Friedman has a multi- point plan 205 easy ways to save the earth, SLATE: Unquestionably, the future is flat and crowded. Hot? Maybe not. But some people disagree on the current impacts of global climate change (even agreeing that change is happening) Global climate change increases the frequency and intensity of storm systems, TELEGRAPH: Friedman is also wrong about some of his 'flashing red lights,' such as Hurricane Katrina, which had little to do with 'global warming,' but a great deal to do with endemic failures in American politics. Hurricane Katrina was a normal atmospheric phenomenon, the science of which has been long known, that affected an old city, built below sea-level on a swamp, with many wooden buildings and a large percentage of disadvantaged people. But some people disagree on the current impacts of global climate change (even agreeing that change is happening) Global climate change increases the frequency and intensity of storm systems, Fill 'Er up with Dictators described "Our own oil dependence is behind more bad trends domestically and around the world than any other single factor I can think of. Our addiction to oil makes global warming warmer, petrodicatators stronger, clean air dirtier, poor people poorer, democratic countries weaker, and radical terrorists richer.", Although the Katrina example may not be the strongest, or most accurate, the science on global climate change is compelling in general defeats SLATE: Friedman devotes several pages to asserting that the strength of Hurricane Katrina was caused by greenhouse gases, a claim that is first sourced to "many climatologists," none of whom he pauses to name; later in the book, his authority is a climate analyst for the Weather Channel. That global warming causes strong hurricanes, however, is far from a settled scientific view. In May 2008, Science magazine reported that climate models suggest a "modest increase or even a decrease in the frequency and intensity of Atlantic tropical cyclones.", we are not paying attention to all the things nature gives us for free therefore, MP no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world, we should do something about it Friedman has a multi- point plan the energy internet: when energy meets IT, Green is the New Red, White and Blue described India, China and others eventually will, America is in a unique position to do something about it argument It is in America's best interest to act, If Global treaties and financing mechanisms won't come close to solving the problem by themselves, we need creative solutions from "a million Noahs" working on small solutions at the local level also therefore, MP we need creative solutions from "a million Noahs" working on small solutions at the local level also, HOT (Climate Change) There are 6 core themes for "how we got here" - trends we must change Fill 'Er up with Dictators, America can solve its own problems by solving the world's problems therefore, MP It is in America's best interest to act