“Provocative and essential! Green Illusions shakes us awake...”
John Perkins, Author | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Introducing
GREEN ILLUSIONS | The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism — By Ozzie Zehner click next image >>>
Chapter 1
SOLAR CELLS AND OTHER FAIRY TALES | Discover the 5 unseen harms of solar cells and witness a simple sticker that could produce a greater energy impact than all of the nation’s photovoltaics combined.
Chapter 2
WIND POWER’S FLURRY OF LIMITATIONS | See why engineers can’t solve wind power’s biggest obstacle and what they’ll really need.
Chapter 3
BIOFUELS AND THE POLITICS OF BIG CORN | Learn why corporations turned food into fuel and how they’ll try again.
Chapter 4
THE NUCLEAR-MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL RISK COMPLEX | Get a rare glimpse inside tank SY-101 and learn why nuclear power may not close a single coal-fired power plant in the U.S.
Chapter 5
THE HYDROGEN ZOMBIE | Read this behind-the-scenes exposé on the life, death and afterlife of the hydrogen dream.
Chapter 6
CONJURING CLEAN COAL | The most intriguing question isn’t about whether or not clean coal exists. Rather, why do so many Americans even believe clean coal could exist?
Chapter 7
HYDROPOWER, HYBRIDS, AND OTHER HYDRAS | Discover why future environmentalists will resist electric cars and hybrids as well as a host of other technologies.
Chapter 8
THE ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY FETISH | Witness what clean energy and pornography have in common.
Chapter 9
THE FIRST STEP | Catch a glimpse of a hidden “boomerang effect” that is undermining green energy investments.
Chapter 10
WOMEN’S RIGHTS | Find out why contraception won’t solve concerns about overpopulation (and what actually could).
Chapter 11
IMPROVING CONSUMPTION | Examine the problems with thinking of consumption in terms of “Sustainable,” “Green,” or “Organic” (and uncover secret paths forward).
Chapter 12
THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMUNITY | See why future environmentalists will reject LEED buildings and straw-bale homes in favor of more durable options.
Chapter 13
EFFICIENCY CULTURE | Discover why carbon taxes won’t solve our energy challenges (and learn about one tax that could).
Chapter 14
ASKING QUESTIONS | Learn what environmentalists of the future are studying in college today.
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Green Illusions is a non-profit book launching on June 1, 2012. Readers and bookstores who preorder will receive exclusive copies in Spring 2012, before the launch. Ordering options:
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In Short
Green Illusions pioneers a critique of alternative energy from an environmental perspective, arguing concerned citizens should instead focus on walkable communities, improved consumption, governance, and most notably, women’s rights.
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“An extremely important message for a society whose best-intentioned members have lost themselves in a wilderness of wishful thinking.”
– James Howard Kunstler, Author of The Long Emergency and other books
“At once prophetic and pragmatic — must be read by anyone concerned about our collective future.”
– Joel Bakan, Filmmaker and author of The Corporation and Childhood Under Siege
Green Illusions available June 1, 2012 Learn More
