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Cool the Earth, Save the Economy
“Cool the Earth, Save the Economy: Solving the Climate Crisis is EASY” is a free READABLE resource book available as a downloadable pdf at [http://www.CoolTheEarth.US]. The text:

•	Describes global warming, its truths and myths;

•	Describes the consequences of global warming, if left unchecked;

•	Comprehensively reviews and assesses technological and policy solutions to the climate crisis;

•	Proposes a relatively straightforward and feasible EASY plan

•	Proposes innovative policy solutions

Written as a concise primer for everyone - interested citizens, policymakers, students - "Cool the Earth, Save the Economy" explains these and other important facets about the greatest challenge facing mankind. This challenge, the climate crisis, must be solved as soon as possible because the longer we wait, the more severe the consequences will be for all of us.

The book's main focus is how to solve the climate crisis. The main message is: We have a limited amount of time to solve the climate crisis relatively easily. The main answer is that we have to stop emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as soon as possible. This means using energy much more efficiently and switching from fossil fuels to solar and wind as well as geothermal and wave energy sources as soon as possible.

The 4 components of the EASY plan, in a nutshell, are: E -- energy efficiency in appliances, buildings, and industry

A -- automotive efficiency in design and fuel consumption for all types of transport

S -- solar and wind energy based electricity

Y -- you are part of the answer, through your individual actions, and most importantly, through your VOTE, because who you elect has a great influence on the other components.

The EASY Policy is based on one main concept: Have government treat the solar and wind tech industries as if they are oil and coal: shift subsidies, windfall profit tax breaks, and other market incentives from oil and coal to clean renewable energy industries. Then let the market pick the winners. More details are available in Chapters 3-10 of the book.

The book incorporates the findings of numerous scientific, technological, and social studies, and is written by the prominent environmental scientist and author, Prof. John Harte of the University of California at Berkeley (see [http://socrates.berkeley.edu/erg/people/faculty/harte.shtml] ), and his biologist wife, Mary Ellen Harte Ph. D., who have also posted articles relating to climate change and energy at the HuffingtonPost, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com]. Prof. Harte has won numerous awards and honors as an ecologist and an established environmental scientist and author. He and his work have been featured in Mother Jones, National Wildlife Magazine and other publications, as well as on the Bill Moyer's show, NPR's Marketplace, Science Friday, and elsewhere. His most recent award was a George Polk prize in journalism in 2006 for his work on the Early Signs Project. His book, Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving, published initially in 1993, continues to be a widely used, classic textbook in the field of environmental science. Mary Ellen Harte, is a biologist who has worked with him on various environmental projects, as well as done research on marine evolution, created digital herbaria for wild flora, created a CD ROM, What's That Wildflower?, on the flora of the western Colorado Rockies, and produces a natural history radio show.