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The Conundrum: How Trying to Save the Planet is Making Our Climate Problems Worse
Author(s): Lord David Owen (Author)
- Publisher: Short Books Ltd
- Publication Date: 3 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 219 pages
- ISBN-10: 1780721056
- ISBN-13: 9781780721057
Book Description
Hybrid cars, fast trains, energy-efficient light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets… Forget everything you ever thought you knew about living green.
Editorial Reviews
Review
David Owen sounds a wake-up call for everyone who thinks they’re solving the problems of climate change and resource depletion by eating local, buying more fuel-effi cient cars, and fitting their house with compact fluorescents’ ― Publishers Weekly
Owen’s critique resonates far beyond the United States – He gently dismantles the foundation of standard environmental behaviour with a series of succinctly turned arguments that (are) – presented with considerable wit and self-deprecation ―
Freakonomics.comAbout the Author
David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of a dozen books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman.
