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Clean money : picking winners in the green tech boom
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xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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9780470283561
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Includes index.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008022837.html

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Summary

Summary

In Clean Money , John Rubino, Editor of GreenStockInvesting.com, introduces you to the world of clean tech (also known as green tech) and its wealth creation potential. Throughout the book, he explores a variety of clean energy sources-from solar power to biofuels-and shows how these renewable resources will spawn successful companies and rising share prices. Page by page, you'll discover the technologies that will drive this boom and become familiar with the state of their markets, their growth prospects, and the companies that are best positioned to become tomorrow's success stories.


Author Notes

John Rubino runs the financial web sites GreenStockInvesting.com and DollarCollapse.com.His previous books include The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It (co-written with GoldMoney.com's James Turk) and How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust . He holds an MBA from New York University and worked as a Wall Street analyst before turning to writing.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Part I Overview
Chapter 1 Clean Tech: This Time It's for Realp. 11
Chapter 2 We Came, We Saw, We Trashed the Placep. 17
Part II Clean Energy
Chapter 3 Fossil Fuels Fiascop. 29
Chapter 4 Solar Power: Seize the Day(light)p. 41
Chapter 5 Wind: No Breakthroughs Neededp. 55
Chapter 6 Geothermal: The Heat beneath Our Feetp. 63
Chapter 7 Transportation: Green Machinesp. 71
Chapter 8 Energy Storage: The Key to a Clean-Tech Takeoverp. 83
Chapter 9 Biofuels: Miles per Acrep. 93
Chapter 10 The Hydrogen Economy: A Dream Deferredp. 105
Chapter 11 Emissions Trading: Climate Change Capitalismp. 115
Chapter 12 Smart Grid: The New Wired Worldp. 125
Part III Other Clean Technologies
Chapter 13 Water: Liquid Goldp. 133
Chapter 14 Green Building: Sunny and Coolp. 149
Chapter 15 Agriculture: Eight Billion Mouths to Feedp. 159
Chapter 16 Green Materials: Lighter, Stronger, Cleanerp. 173
Chapter 17 Pollution Control: Trash Is a Terrible Thing to Wastep. 183
Part IV Investing in a Green Boom
Chapter 18 Bubbles and Bear Marketsp. 191
Chapter 19 Green Mutual Fundsp. 203
Chapter 20 Clean Tech in Bite-Sized Piecesp. 215
Chapter 21 Short Candidates: Who Loses When Clean Tech Wins?p. 233
Chapter 22 How to Trade Foreign Stocksp. 243
Chapter 23 Breakthroughs: Tomorrow's Game Changersp. 249
Chapter 24 Creating a Research Programp. 255
About the Authorp. 259
Indexp. 261