The Final Words

I think because Chapter 9 was called Burlington, Vermont I had more of an interest in reading it, I didn't even skim! I already knew that Burlington was one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in the United States, but it was interesting to read about what makes it just that.

What left me wondering was are there more cities in the United States that are like Burlington? She mentions Minneapolis and the fact that different mayors said they wanted to join in, but is there anywhere that has gone to the measures that Burlington has?

I also found it interesting that China has followed in our footsteps throughout the decades. Maybe if we went to China and said, "Hey, we are doing this right now...wanna join?" Maybe then we could skip those 30 years or so in between the technology advances.

Chapter 10 was kind of boring...once again. I think there were two chapters in which I enjoyed in this book, Chapters 7 and 9. I was expected more of a BANG! for the final chapter, but there wasn't...not for me anyway. A few more degrees and the earth will reach the highest temperature it has ever been since humans have evolved...well we have evolved with the rising temperature. There have always been changes on earth, this isn't the last of it.

To some I am sure this was a great book, but to me I didn't like it. I found it cheesy at times and bias. I found myself skimming a lot because some of the material was uninteresting. I was not a fan of her writing style, she used too many witty lines that got old after awhile. I only learned a little bit out of the 200 pages I read, which probably wasn't her goal. I thought it would be a lot more interesting but I didn't get must out of it.