The first time I had heard of him was when I found my roommates book The World Is Flat, at the time I had just graduated high school and was considering going t

The first time I had heard of him was when I found my roommates book The World Is Flat, at the time I had just graduated high school and was considering going to college full time. However I knew I didn't want to do that and through reading Thomas's book I somehow came to the conclusion that's not needed, that I can work anywhere doing anything, while having more freedom and making more money, not the response I've gotten from most people regarding globalization mind you. My then girlfriend got me Hot, Flat, and Crowded when it came out because she knew how much I liked that one so much. I had been working for a solar energy company in Southern California and the book gave me a lot of talking points to sell the product. Of course the timing couldn't have been better with the "Million Solar Roofs Program" our Governator enacted. I still believe that the next big revolution will be, has to be, a green revolution. Here's a key part about the program I mentioned via Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Solar_Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Solar_Initiative) The California Solar Initiative has "a total budget of $2.167 billion between 2007 and 2016 and a goal to install approximately 1,940 MW of new solar generation capacity." [2] The CSI initially offered cash incentives on solar PV systems of up to $2.50 per AC watt. These incentives, combined with federal tax incentives, could cover up to 50% of the total cost of a solar system. The incentive program was designed so that the incentives would reduce in steps based on the amount of solar installed in each of 6 categories. There are separate steps for residential and non-residential customers in the territories of each of the State's 3 investor-owned utilities. As of July 2012, the rebates range from $0.20 to $0.35 per AC watt for residential and commercial systems and from $0.70 to $1.10 for systems for non-profits and government entities.[2]