Chapter Summary Of This Changes Everything By Naomi Klein

In the book, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein focuses on many different points explaining her purpose. Specifically in chapter three, she discusses about how some cities in Germany have already started to use renewable energy in order to keep their communities clean. They are putting their communities safety first before they think about making any kind of profit for themselves. Klein wrote how profit earned from the sale of energy would be returned to the city instead of shareholders. Klein believes the United States should switch to community owned energy sectors instead of dealing with privately owned energy companies. In chapter three, she explained how some cities in Germany already started processes in order to switch to cleaner energy. They put gas, electricity and other types of energy under the control of the city …show more content…
Most private energy companies use the profit made from the sale of energy for distribution to their shareholders. She also got her point across by stating that private wind and solar companies are providing much more cleaner energy. Her shift of providing information from which she explained about how our current forms of energy are weakening the United States to the pollution being caused was a very strong transition. She used the environment as the victim which will catch the attention of most readers. She strengthened her argument by letting the public know that if the United States does not switch to renewable energy soon, we should be expecting many more natural disasters. “An active role for government and public sector utilities is thus a far more important condition for developing renewable energy than any expensive system of public subsidies for markets or private investors.” (101) With all of the disasters occurring, healthcare is mandatory for all, which the government is not