Earth

Customer Reviews

• Inspiring -- lots of creativity and business opportunity  Mar 5, 2008 (102 of 105 found this helpful)

  This book is a forward-looking, hope-filled preview of how we'll generate energy in the coming decades.
  
  I follow environmental and energy issues closely, but a lot in here was new to me. I had no idea that solar technology is getting so sophisticated. And people are finding so many ways to make energy -- from algae and plants, from wind, from waste. Imagining a world without oil and coal is a lot easier for me after reading this.
  
  The book is also a tour of the newest wave of start-up companies. I'm a veteran of the first dot-com boom, so the passion and excitement of these inventors was fun to see. They come from all sorts of backgrounds, and I liked hearing about the difficult problems they're solving.
  
  Some of them will fold, but some of them will hit the jackpot. My brother is looking for new business ventures and is exploring renewable energy projects -- I marked a good half-dozen pages for him to get ideas from!

• Stop Global Warming. Grow Our Economy.  Mar 4, 2008 (77 of 79 found this helpful)

  This book is a must read for everyone interested in the possibilities of our clean energy future and the necessity of stopping global warming.
  
  We have been stuck in a national debate between the doomsayers who warn of the serious threats of global warming and the naysayers who deny global warming is real and are blocking national action.
  
  This book resets the conversation. There is a world of possibility ready to explode with smart national policies that reward low-carbon energy innovation. It's up to us to take this message of hope to decision makers in Washington to pass smart national policy to unleash the innovators.
  
  Absolute must read on the future of national energy policy and solutions.

• A Must Read!  Mar 14, 2008 (22 of 23 found this helpful)

  Writer Miriam Horn could make a common shopping list engaging and enlightening. We are all lucky that she has not squandered her talent on shopping lists, but has, along with Fred Krupp, written an informative and fascinating account of the exciting work being done to save us from our own excesses. The stories in the book will make you reconsider the dark idea that perhaps the human race is getting what it deserves. This is a vitally important book to buy and a total pleasure to read.

• For the Children  Mar 15, 2008 (16 of 17 found this helpful)

  This book illuminates how politics, economics and science can come together to wildly accelerate our ability to save the planet and spare the next generation from the catastrophic effects of global warming. I love that Fred Krupp & Miriam Horn argue in favor of channeling the profit motive to create a gigantic tipping point in commercializing alternative energy sources. They chronicle amazing scientists, visionary business people, and forward-looking politicians whose integrated efforts have the potential to save our collective you-know-what.
  
  I'm with John Doerr whose blurb on the back cover draws a parallel between the billions made in the recent tech revolution, and the opportunity inherent in the environmental revolution. He says that in 20 years some 35-year old will be a billionaire because s/he read the book at 15. I plan to read it out loud to my 10 year old.

• This Sequel Does Not Suck  Mar 19, 2008 (15 of 16 found this helpful)

  In Earth: The Sequel, Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn take a trip around the world to find the bold energy solutions that the world needs to combat Global Warming and boy, do they succeed! New breakthroughs in solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, nuclear and wave energy are the stars of this book and the entrepreneurs that are working on these breakthroughs are nothing short of 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 true price for emitting Carbon Dioxide and provide incentives for developing green energy.
  
  Readers who find the idea of a emissions trading offensive may want to stay away from this book. On the other hand, they may want to read it and rethink their position because the breakthrough's highlighted by Krupp and Miriam are just too important for our future.
  
  The only real criticism I have about Earth: The Sequel is that many may find it too confusing or dry. That's a shame because the message needs to be 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 expanded on, would make a good movie (ala An Inconvenient Truth) or television show. In other words, television and the big screen should be the sequel to Earth: The Sequel.