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These questions are all in reference to the book: Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman
1. What three broad trends did Friedman see in the USA?
2. Explain what Friedman meant by "our carbon copies (or, too many Americans)."
3. Why did Friedman say, "we're not in Kansas anymore."
4. Explain the relationship between energy poverty and the hot world.
5. What is the energy internet?
6. Why should we make the word "green" go away?
7. Why is it important to understand that we live in an increasingly resource-constrained world?
8. Why is the "greening" of China important?
9. If the right things to do are obvious, why can't we put them in place?
10. Why does Friedman compare the green revolution to the civil rights movement?
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Energy poverty and the hot world
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Performs the following input/output function
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