Isbn: 9781594485619 - the conundrum: how scientific innovation, increased efficiency, and good intentions can make our energy and climate problems worse (10 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Very Good. Original. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: Good. Original. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. original edition. 272 pages. 7.25x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. ix + 261 Illus.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 272 pages. ex-library book, Look out for David Owen's next book,Where the Water Goes.The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real pat h to sustainability.Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bu lbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living gree n 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 D avid Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross purposes to our tru e goal - living sustainably and caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problem s, turns out to be part of the problem. Efforts to improve efficiency and increa se sustainable development only exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve, more than negating the environmental gains. We have little trouble turning incr eases in efficiency into increases in consumption.David Owen's The Conund rum is an elegant nonfiction narrative filled with fascinating information and a necdotes takes you through the history of energy and the quest for efficiency. T his 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 a nd economic crisis we're in. We already have the technology and knowledge we nee d to live sustainably. But will we do it?That is the conundrum. …