Hot, Flat, and Crowded

1 About this book

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America is a book by New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United States' economic and political stature in the world are to embrace the sustainable energy and green technology industries. The title derives from the convergence of Hot (global warming), Flat (globalization, as discussed in Friedman's book The World Is Flat) and Crowded (population growth).

The book was released on September 8, 2008, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The audiobook was released simultaneously by Macmillan Audio. The cover art is taken from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights.

A second edition of the book was published in November 2009.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: climate change, the environment, and a long read.

• Environmental conditions
• Climatic changes
• Environmental aspects
• Environmental policy
• Climate
• Ecology
• Environmental protection
• China