{"id":517,"date":"2013-01-24T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briandeyo.us\/brd\/wp\/?p=517"},"modified":"2013-01-30T00:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T07:02:22","slug":"read-plan-b-v4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.briandeyo.us\/index.php\/2013\/01\/24\/read-plan-b-v4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Plan B v4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;\"><a title=\"View this title in Open Library\" href=\"http:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL24882298M\/Plan_B_4.0\">Plan B 4.0: mobilizing to save civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a title=\"View this author in Open Library\" href=\"http:\/\/openlibrary.org\/authors\/OL158239A\/Lester_Russell_Brown\">Lester Russell Brown<\/a>; W.W. Norton 2009<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a title=\"View this title at WorldCat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/456694632\">WorldCat<\/a>\u2022<a title=\"View this title at LibraryThing\" href=\"http:\/\/librarything.com\/isbn\/9780393071030\">LibraryThing<\/a>\u2022<a title=\"View this title at Google Books\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?as_isbn=9780393071030\">Google Books<\/a>\u2022<a title=\"Search for the best price at BookFinder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookfinder.com\/search\/?st=xl&amp;ac=qr&amp;isbn=9780393071030\">BookFinder<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fwww.briandeyo.us%3AOpenBook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Plan+B+4.0&amp;rft.isbn=9780393071030&amp;rft.au=Lester+Russell+Brown&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=W.W.+Norton&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.tpages=368\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Plan B is not to be read as an introductory guide to sustainability. This book is perhaps best read by an audience with at minimum a passing background in sustainable development, and renewable energy. Lester Brown&#8217;s book does provide a dearth of statistics and data as to why wind, solar, and Geo-thermal energy are necessary for our modern society.\u00a0 Additional factors threatening our civilization are covered as well such as epidemics and over population.<\/p>\n<p>Overall Plan B presents a wealth of statistical evidence for the change Lester Brown recommends. I unfortunately believe that it was likely better to read this book in its v1.0 iteration, as at that time most of these subjects would barely have been filtering into everyday conversation. Even with most of the data having been updated for the current versions, the overall argument for incredible change by 2020 seems too close in time to accomplish all the suggestions put forth.<\/p>\n<p>I do recommend anyone interested in furthering their knowledge on changing our global dependence on coal, oil, and natural gas should read the latest version of this book. And for anyone else seeking to gain a detailed knowledge of potential sustainable advances for our civilization this is a great tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Plan B 4.0: mobilizing to save civilization Lester Russell Brown; W.W. Norton 2009 WorldCat\u2022LibraryThing\u2022Google Books\u2022BookFinder \u00a0 Plan B is not to be read as an introductory guide to sustainability. This book is perhaps best read by an audience with at minimum a passing background in sustainable development, and renewable energy. 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