Did you know? The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times much as energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,500 megawatts of geothermal generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. For more information view the text and data in Chapter 5 of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
Lester Brown was interviewed for the latest edition of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) News. "Among the environmental issues affecting our economic prospects, climate change is certainly the area in which awareness has grown most rapidly during recent years. Unfortunately, we don’t see that much awareness on desertification," he said. Read the full interview here.