How many times has the news reported information on the energy crisis? Everyone is concerned about the environment, but most information on the issues is at best confusing and at worst entirely unintelligible. What is the truth? What are even the issues? As much as one might try, it is beyond reckoning for the average person. However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the layman. Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis is an easy to understand gold mine of information for the everyday person on the energy crisis and what one can do about it.
Publication Details
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson published this wonderful guide in October 2009. Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis is available as a trade paperback under ISBN 978-0061715648.
About the Authors
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson are co-founders of PublicAgenda.org, a website that focuses on informing citizens about issues, including the energy crisis and the federal deficit. Scott and Jean are all about giving readers the facts they need to be informed about pressing issues. They throw jargon, technical terms, and shoptalk out the window and write in a clear, concise manner.
Energy Crisis Issues
Who Turned Out the Lights? pulls all of the issues (fossil fuels, moving forward with energy alternatives, misconceptions, myths, etc.) together so that they can be considered as a whole. The guide explains how waiting for the perfect solution has kept us from moving forward. Explanations are broken into six reasons why the U.S. needs to act now, and how citizens have to take personal accountability for energy consumption. The authors also describe "the blame game", and how it keeps the average citizen from gleaming an understanding of the real problems and how to make good energy choices.
Truth or Lies?
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson tackle the myths about nuclear energy, oil, greenhouse emissions, global warming, and the U.S. vs. China energy consumption. Politics are discusses in an objective manner, and the real goods are laid out in well-placed charts, graphics, and easy to understand language.
Past, Present, and Future
Who Turned Out the Lights? covers U.S. history of energy reform and relapse, including the 1970’s fuel crisis, and the gas/oil situations of the 1980’s. 1990’s, and 2005. The long lasting effects of today’s actions are discussed as well, and how the future could end up as a permanent energy crisis. The authors give detailed information is a logical manner that is appealing to the average citizen
Wrap-up
Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson is an eye-opening experience that leaves the reader armed with vital information. Anyone who wants to save our planet and leave a comfortable word for future generations needs to read this guide. Solid B+ for Who Turned Out the Lights?.
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