Challenges To Environmentally Responsible Energy Use In Today's Society
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 10:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Our society is rushing to escape the energy culture as we know it, in order to remake it as we don't know it. The irony is that a marginal amount of planning -- continual improvement in mileage standards, closing of the loophole in those standards that exempted light trucks, steady federal investment in renewable energy -- might have alleviated the energy and climate crunch facing us today.