Screen LibraryThe green new deal : why the fossil fuel civilization will collapse by 2028, and the bold economic plan to save life on Earth /
"A new vision for America's future is quickly gaining momentum. The Green New Deal has caught fire in activist circles and become a central focus in the national conversation, setting the agenda for a new political movement that will likely transform the entire US and world economy. Althou...
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St. Martin's Griffin,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2020. ©2019 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First St. Martin's Griffin edition. |
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"A new vision for America's future is quickly gaining momentum. The Green New Deal has caught fire in activist circles and become a central focus in the national conversation, setting the agenda for a new political movement that will likely transform the entire US and world economy. Although the details remain to be hashed out, it has inspired the millennial generation, now the largest voting bloc in the country, to lead America on the issue of climate change. While the Green New Deal has become an overnight sensation, it takes on added weight in lieu of a parallel movement within the global business community that is going to shake the very foundation of society over the next several years. Behind the scenes, the key sectors that make up the infrastructure of the global economy are quickly decoupling from fossil fuels and recoupling with solar and wind energies that are now near parity in cost and soon to be far cheaper. New studies are sounding the alarm about the prospect of 100 trillion dollars in stranded assets as the economy abandons the old energies of the 20th century for the new cheaper green energies of the 21st century, creating a carbon bubble that is likely to burst by 2028 - leading to the collapse of the fossil fuel civilization. This great disruption is occurring because the marketplace is speaking. Every government will have to follow the market or face the consequences. Governments that lead in the scale-up of a new zero-carbon green infrastructure and create the new business opportunities and employment that accompany it will stay ahead of the curve. Governments that fail to lead will be doomed. In The Green New Deal, New York Times best-selling author and renowned economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin delivers the political narrative, technical framework, and economic plan for the debate now taking center stage across America. The concurrence of a stranded fossil fuel assets bubble and a green political vision opens up the possibility of |
| Carrier Form: | x, 290 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250766113 1250766117 |
| Index Number: | HD9502 |
| CLC: | F416.2-05 |
| Call Number: | F416.2-05/R564 |
| Contents: | It's the infrastructure, stupid! -- Power to the people : the sun and wind are free -- Zero-carbon living : autonomous electric mobility, nodal IoT buildings, and smart ecological agriculture -- The tipping point : the collapse of the fossil fuel civilization, circa 2028 -- Waking the giant : pension power finds its voice -- The economic transformation : the new social capitalism -- Mobilizing society : saving life on Earth. |