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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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Reading the IET's Engineering & Technology magazine recently I stumbled upon an article based on a new book about energy generation technologies for the future, which struck a chord with my recent thinking.
Many people who "get religious" about alternative energy do not understand anything about energy fundamentals and therefore substitute wishful thinking for educated pragmatism. This popular ignorance has resulted in an increasingly pervasive faith-based approach to energy technology that is fundamentally irrational and leads to many misguided choices and wrong conclusions that we see daily in the press.
This opening paragraph from "Energizing Our Future: Rational Choices for the 21st Century", by John R. Wilson and Griffin Burgh seems to sum up my opinions on the current state of progress in environmental policy. If you do nothing other than read the sample chapter you will gain a view that is rarely aired, much to the detriment of all.
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