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Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy Hardcover – Bargain Price, September 4, 2012

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: HarperBusiness (September 4, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062088440
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent overview, with a vision for the future.
By James Belcher on October 29, 2012
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Clean Tech Nation gives a great overview of clean tech's current economic reality, without political rhetoric or Pollyanna optimism. Its analysis and perspective are especially useful in considering how US clean tech efforts will play out globally. For instance, the authors note that renewable energy is not a zero-sum game: just because China makes cheap solar cells doesn't mean there's not room for high-end R&D, installation and smart grid/transmission and distribution business in the US. At the same time, Pernick and Wilder note the risks in ceding large parts of the clean-tech economy to other countries, and lay out a measured plan for making sure the US gets its share.

Making sense of all the different parts of the clean-tech economy can be overwhelming. This book does it in a straightforward way. It has enough data to back up its claims, but never falls into mind-numbing market research territory. It's a must-read for those who need to keep current on clean-tech business and policy, and for those working to shape the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars7 steps to the future
By Nick on October 4, 2012
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It is refreshing when people who have been tracking the clean tech world for the better part of the last decade manage to compress complex global issues of economics, technology, and politics into an easily digestible narrative that forms the outline of a national action plan. Not every point will appeal to every person but Ron and Clint lay out their reasoning pretty well over the first part of the book. Many of the seven action points will appeal and whether you're an investor, a policy person, an entrepreneur, or even someone budding out into a new career in the cleantech world, the book will give you plenty of ideas and pointers for where to focus your attention in the coming decade.
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1.0 out of 5 starsThe authors need to cite sources
By Edward Durney VINE VOICE on June 1, 2013
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Clean Tech Nation has some good ideas, and the authors present those ideas well. They've done a lot of research. They've done a lot of thinking. And they write fairly well. That adds up to a book worth reading (though it has too much Babbitt-style boosterism and boring bureaucratese for my taste).

But in my eyes, the book has a major fault that makes me give it the lowest possible ranking: I think the authors need to cite their sources. The book is packed with facts and quotes. But it contains not a single footnote. Instead, the authors have "NOTES" at the end of the book, where they list their sources. In a book like this, I don't think that's enough.

Let me give one example. On page 212, the authors say the following:

"There was a major shift in electronics and computing, and at least half the credit goes to Apollo," said Stanford University aeronautics professor and former NASA engineer G. Scott Hubbard. "Without it, you wouldn't have a laptop. You'd still have things like the UNIVAC."

That quote interested me, and I assumed that the authors interviewed Scott Hubbard and he said these words to them. Not so. I got on the Internet, and found that the words came from a Computerworld article by Sharon Gaudin, published July 20, 2009. In their Notes, the authors say that "This chapter used data and quotes from a variety of interviews, conference presentations, reports, and print and online articles." A bare list of sources then follows, including: "Quoted publications included . . . Computerworld, July 20, 2009; . . .."

Similar examples fill the book. (Wikipedia was also generically listed as a source. That seems rather ridiculous.) Maybe that kind of thing is fine these days. But to me it's not.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnbiased Book
By Steve Anderson on October 8, 2012
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"Clean Tech Nation" puts all the progress the U.S. has made in very clear, unbiased context including charts of the leading states in the country and references to how the states have accomplished their status as well as lists of clean technology companies in those states. Jam packed with information, page after page. It is a milestone reference book in every way and more than meets up with the substitle: "How the U.S.can lead in the New Global Economy".
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read For Our Leaders
By JohnR on October 22, 2012
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In their first book together, The Clean Tech Revolution, Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, guided potential investors through the opportunities (and potential downfalls) in investing in "green" technology. In Clean Tech Nation, these authors make a persuasive argument, supported by numerous examples and statistics, that the United States (and its national leaders, in particular) need to act quickly if the Country is going to maintain its large share of the world-wide high tech research, development, and production. Specifically, they convincingly argue that public and private investment in "green" technology is the only way that the US will be able to avoid becoming irrelevant in the quickly expanding "green" technology market worth trillions of dollars. It is a must read for VC investors, tech engineers and developers, educators, politicians, and, frankly, anyone who cares about our future.
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5.0 out of 5 starsClean Tech Nation - a call to action for all Americans
By Gregg Semler on October 3, 2012
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Finally, a roadmap for America to meet our energy needs and build a more sustainable economy.

Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder have done a great job in this book to help everyone understand the technologies and policies necessary for the US to get back its position as a leader in the race to develop and deploy new energy technologies. Significant investment is happening - unfortunately it is now happening more outside the US than in the US. This book is a call to action for all citizens. I can only hope every governor, mayor and members of the US Congress get a copy of this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsShipped and arrived timely.

The condition of the book was just as advertised. I bought this book for my husband so I can't offer any comments about the rating of the content of the book.

Published on December 13, 2012 by J. Rillera
5.0 out of 5 starsInsightful and inspiring book

Clean Tech Nation not only presents a thorough and balanced view of our current renewable energy situation in the US, but a clear path forward. Read more

Published on October 1, 2012 by N. Rothenberg
2.0 out of 5 starsNot Much Here -

'Clean Tech Nation' contains very little useful information and should have been condensed to a two-page article. The authors contend that the U.S. Read more

Published on September 29, 2012 by Loyd Eskildson
5.0 out of 5 starsClean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Ecoomy

If you feel the energy debate/crisis is the government's problem then, "Whoa is you"!
I urge you to read this book to acquire the knowledge to form a considered opinion on how... Read more

Published on September 21, 2012 by Richard P. Barrett, DVM
5.0 out of 5 starsInformative

What an interesting compilation of what is going on in the world of green technology! We all need to take heed and not let the US fall behind in keeping our planet safe for future... Read more

Published on September 20, 2012 by Jessica Barrett
5.0 out of 5 starsRead this book if you like Hot, Flat and Crowded or Reinventing Fire.

Clean Tech Nation is full of success stories from leading cities and from technology innovators. This book explains why renewable energy has grown to over 10% of U.S. Read more

Published on September 19, 2012 by J. Addison

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