The Green Collar Economy

My cyber friend and founder of the incredible parenting and political blog Mothertalkers sent me a fascinating book titled The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones. It could not have come out at a more appropriate time. From the book flap:

In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment. The economy is built on and powered almost exclusively by oil, natural gas, and coal—all fast-diminishing nonrenewable resources. As supplies disappear, the price of energy climbs and nearly everything becomes more expensive. With costs and unemployment soaring, the economy stalls. Not only that, when we burn these fuels, the greenhouse gases they create overheat the atmosphere. As the headlines make clear, total climate chaos looms over us. The bottom line: we cannot continue with business as usual. We cannot drill and burn our way out of these dual dilemmas.

I literally just started it an hour ago. I will let you all know how it goes.