Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism

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Название: Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism

Автор: Ozzie Zehner

Издательство: University of Nebraska Press

Год: 2012

Страниц: 462

Формат: PDF

Размер: 7 Mb

Язык: Английский

We don’t have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what’s wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem. Though we generally believe we can solve environmental problems with more energy—more solar cells, wind turbines, and biofuels—alternative technologies come with their own side effects and limitations. How, for instance, do solar cells cause harm? Why can’t engineers solve wind power’s biggest obstacle? Why won’t contraception solve the problem of overpopulation lying at the heart of our concerns about energy, and what will?