The Conundrum: How Trying to Save the Planet is Making Our Climate Problems Worse

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Hybrid cars, fast trains, energy-efficient light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets... Forget everything you ever thought you knew about living green.

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.

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.com *