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

by Ozzie Zehner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803237758
• ISBN13: 9780803237759
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.6"