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Friedman Calls For a 'Code-Green' in Energy Investment

03 min 33 sec

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Thomas Friedman cites the fact that the US no longer "maximizes innovative prowess" as one reason the US has "lost its groove."

Friedman believes energy technology innovation will trump information technology in terms of wealth, health, and global respect.
Thomas Friedman: Carbon Copying Americans

06 min 37 sec

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Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman describes one of the five problems that will shape the 21st century.

Friedman believes that developing countries like China and India have been replicating American consumerism and exacerbated environmental damage at an alarming rate.
Friedman Renames Climate Change 'Global Weirding'

06 min 56 sec

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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Tom Friedman believes the framing of climate change is too positive; he renames it "global weirding" in response.

Friedman says that, at this point, so much carbon has been introduced into the environment, natural disasters can no longer be traced to "an act of God or an act of man."
Friedman says 'Invent, Baby, Invent' to McCain

02 min 39 sec

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Tom Friedman traces his recent disappointment in McCain's energy policy to his supporting lifting the gasoline tax and opposing all of the renewable energy tax credits.

To McCain's slogan of "drill, baby, drill." Friedman says McCain should be chanting "invent, baby, invent."
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Wolfrich

Posted: 05.12.10, 12:34 AM

"America nothing". This is only a prejudice which is due to the observable fact, that the USA is using 25% of worldwide ressources while having less than 5% of the world's population. If somebody buys american technology, the first thing he will perceive is a big energy bill. To maintain capitalism wasting is vital. Mr. Friedman has problems with reality.

4TimesAYear

Posted: 05.23.09, 02:16 PM

Not all of us should be using less energy; some people should be using more - no one should have to get sick or die because they couldn't keep warm.

4TimesAYear

Posted: 05.23.09, 02:00 PM

"Global Wierding" because "warming" is attractive to someone in Minnesota? Poor Tom doesn't seem to realize that the weather is wierd much of the time. Nothing happens that hasn't happened before. Since it's not really "warming" any more they had to have something to use; "climate change" must be passe now so it's "weirding". Got to keep that problem with carbon going to justify putting a meaningless carbon content label on things now. They have really lost it - get two signatures and a bed...

dvt

Posted: 03.16.09, 04:28 PM

As irrelevant as the "global warming/weirding" situation is, or the inanity of a benevolent government being anywhere in the world let alone in the US, Tom Friedman is right twice here...very much like a stopped clock manages to be right twice a day. Usable energy supply was destined to be and is now a planetary issue, and secondly, Al Gore does owe an applolgy (although, not the one suggested).

Michael A. Thompson

Posted: 01.03.09, 01:36 PM

Why would the Chinese spend billions of dollars researching green energy when they can simply, and cheaply, steal it from others after its been invented?!?!?

AlienIquirer

Posted: 11.22.08, 03:47 PM

The "green evolution" that Tom speaks of bombastically about is no other than the evolution of green, i.e. dollars. He's joined the "green" bandwagon just like the latest American floor detergent companies because it sells. Tom talks the talk very well, sells books and sends another daughter to college. A whole hour lecture exorting the U.S. to lead in an ET world (not IT) is his complete thesis. Tom Friedman is a cheerleader. His admonishment that the U.S. must lead in his quirky, if not inane term ET is an empty observation. Of course he goes off in his popular "lexus and the olive tree" analogies that the populous finds enthralling because it's an alibi for them for not going out to get their G.E.D.s. Is the world flat, hot and crowded? The problem is not energy, it is baby production.

revokin

Posted: 10.21.08, 09:22 AM

tom friedman,the champion of globalization,thought it was so great to tour India's new job market while Americans were going on welfare,becoming homeless and getting swindled by all that is BUSH. Now he discovered energy policy-good for him.He should flip burgers,stand and wait for a bus,get on line(no pun) for some food handouts,move into a shelter or with relatives or stand on a corner with all the illegal aliens waiting for a day job. Tom Friedman sucks and makes us all sick to our stomachs-even Madelyn Albright put him down in her book on the next president.