<![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet: How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming]]>

false <![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet: How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming]]> 3281244 1 The Biggest Creator of Wealth in the Twenty-first Century American entrepreneurs, corporate tycoons, and financiers are plotting what they do best—creating new industries that change the world and making billions in the process—a plot that will ultimately save the planet. The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the “conspiracy” to make green technology the Silicon Valley of the twenty-first century—the creator of massive numbers of jobs and huge amounts of wealth. Suddenly, the ugly mudslinging between environmentalists and big business has abated, and these two previously opposed forces are now strange bedfellows in a race to head off climate change. How is this new frontier being shaped? Brian Dumaine is your guide in this intriguing look into the very near future filled with colorful and informative stories about the entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate mavericks who are managing to pull off the feat of combining economic growth and environmental protection to battle global warming. You’ll read about: • The savvy investors: Why Warren Buffett is investing heavily in wind power; and why John Doerr, the venture capitalist and early backer of Google, is saying that “green tech is bigger than the Internet and could be the biggest economic opportunity of the twenty-first century.” • The cars of the future: The competitively priced plug-in hybrids that will get 60 miles to the gallon, and the battle being waged by fifteen start-ups competing to capture the electric car market. • The fuels without fossils: New sources of energy from plants such as prairie grass and algae that could capture a big chunk of the $300 billion U.S. wholesale gasoline market. • The corporate mavericks: Companies such as Duke Energy and GE who are creating the low-carbon business models of the future, as well as cleaner ways to provide our power needs. • The energy-miser homes and buildings: The new Bank of America Tower in New York City and the green low- and middle-income homes being constructed by visionaries who were told it couldn’t be done and still be affordable. • The “thin film” solar energy: How it is making the cost of heating a home comparable to traditional methods without emitting greenhouse gas. Plenty of obstacles still exist—among them resistance from the rich and powerful owners of the world’s oil supply, developing nations such as China with their reliance on coal, and an American public reluctant to give up their McMansions, SUVs, and extreme air-conditioning. But the battle cry has been sounded. The green overhaul of the utility, energy, construction, shipping, and automobile industries is well on its way and—contrary to prevailing fears—the ultimate solutions will sustain the environment without demanding huge sacrifices to our contemporary comforts and lifestyles. 3317560 24 6 2008 The Plot to Save the Planet: How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming total:11|4:1|3:8|2:1|1:1| 11 31 21 8 1 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 13:12:07 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 19:27:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 15:01:39 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 15:14:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 19:07:09 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:08:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 21:59:07 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 22:01:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 15 17:39:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 19:00:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 01:56:05 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 15 03:06:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 06 14:22:06 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 14:24:06 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 10:09:28 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 16:50:17 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 19:26:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:32:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:26:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 12:01:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:23:13 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:01:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 29 18:30:27 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 18:30:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 14 19:39:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:39:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 12:41:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 12:41:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 09 12:56:11 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:56:11 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 19:53:36 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 01 22:26:31 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 19:53:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 11 08:27:34 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:27:43 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 13 10:38:14 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 10:38:14 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 19 04:40:05 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 04:40:05 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jul 23 11:56:28 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 22:18:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 30 21:55:23 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 21:55:23 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3281244