{"product_id":"the-conundrum-how-scientific-innovation-increased-efficiency-and-good-intentions-can-make-our-energy-and-climate-problems-worse-9781594485619","title":"The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer, a razor-sharp indictment of our efficiency-forward approach to sustainable living. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume green and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross purposes to our true goal - living sustainably and caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem. Efforts to improve efficiency and increase sustainable development only exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve, more than negating the environmental gains. We have little trouble turning increases in efficiency into increases in consumption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Owen's \u003ci\u003eThe Conundrum\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant nonfiction narrative filled with fascinating information and anecdotes takes you through the history of energy and the quest for efficiency. This is a book about the environment that will change how you look at the world. We should not be waiting for some geniuses to invent our way out of the energy and economic crisis we're in. We already have the technology and knowledge we need to live sustainably. But will we do it?\u003cbr\u003eThat is the conundrum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.08h x 5.05w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594485619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2011 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2012 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Owen\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the author more than a dozen books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Owen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944161325213,"sku":"9781594485619","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_650e5f4d-fb50-461d-8a76-49e7922f767f.jpg?v=1790154631","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-conundrum-how-scientific-innovation-increased-efficiency-and-good-intentions-can-make-our-energy-and-climate-problems-worse-9781594485619","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}