presented ways of creating new jobs by public investment in both the renewable energy industry and in energy efficiency technology. He gave growth statistics along with the calculated number of jobs that would be created: The renewable energy industry - wind, solar, geothermal - are expanding by over 30 percent yearly; There are now, in the U.S., 24,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity online, but there is "a staggering 225,000 megawatts of "planned wind farms"; Every billion dollars invested in wind farms creates 3,350 jobs - nearly four times the number created from coal plants; A billion dollars invested in solar creates 1,480 jobs; What is needed is a World War II-type mobilization to produce electric-powered cars that will operate at an equivalent gas cost of $1 per gallon (Replacing each SUV with a plug-in hybrid could save $20,000 of oil imports over its lifetime); "The U.S. goal for Detroit should be not merely to save it but make it the world leader..."; A $500 billion investment in clean and renewable energy systems would create 3 million new jobs that would last through 2020; He notes that "historically, it is rare for so many emerging threats to have a common solution." Books (selection) Brown has authored or co-authored over 50 books. which have appeared in some 40 languages. Among his earlier books are Man, Land and Food, World Without Borders, and Building a Sustainable Society. His 1995 book Who Will Feed China? challenged the official view of China's food prospect, spawning many conferences and seminars. In May 2001, he founded the Earth Policy Institute to provide a vision and a road map for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy. In November 2001, he published Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, which was hailed by E.O. Wilson as "an instant classic." In 2009 he published Plan B 4.0 and in 2011 World on the Edge. In 2012 he published Full Planet, Empty Plates. Who Will Feed China? In this book, published in 1995, Brown highlights the pressure on world resources as more countries, especially China, become developed. He writes, "To feed its 1.2 billion people, China may soon have to import so much grain that this action could trigger unprecedented rises in world food prices." In February 2014, he updated that forecast stating that China had since become a leading world grain importer, "set to buy a staggering 22 million tons"