Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism
(2012)
By:
Zehner, Ozzie
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
333.794/ZEHNER,O
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]
©2012
©2012
DESCRIPTION
xx, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780803237759 (cloth : alk. paper), 0803237758 (cloth : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
I: Seductive futures -- Solar cells and other fairy tales -- Wind power's flurry of limitations -- Biofuels and the politics of big corn -- The nuclear-military-industrial risk complex -- The hydrogen zombie -- Conjuring clean coal -- Hydropower, hybrids, and other hydras -- II: From here to there -- The alternative-energy fetish -- The first step -- III: The future of environmentalism -- Women's rights -- Improving consumption -- The architecture of community -- Efficiency culture -- Asking questions -- Epilogue: A grander narrative?