"Hot, Flat and Crowded": this interweb's not big enough for the two of us!

So, Thomas Friedman stole the the name of this blog for his new book to be published this September, "Hot, Flat and Crowded":

As in The World Is Flat, [Friedman] explains a new era—the Energy-Climate era—through an illuminating account of recent events.

Oh, well. I guess us little folk who have been plugging away on the blogs (in my case for a whole two weeks) need to blaze the trail for the big media personalities. Maybe at least he will bring some much needed mainstream-media attention the the severity of our climate challenge and also the great opportunities it provides us. Lord knows the debate in Washington right now is completely out of touch with reality.