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The Conundrum

Conservation and efficiency seem to go right along with living green and clean energy as ways to a better planet and certainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It ain't necessarily so, says New Yorker staff writer David Owen. In fact, all those good things may make things worse. If he's right, will Nevada have a future as the "Saudi Arabia of solar energy." Do electric cars have a useful future at all?

 

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David Owen, author, The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse

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