{"product_id":"9781101560136","title":"The Conundrum","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eLook out for David Owen's next book,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhere the Water Goes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Conundrum\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-changing manifesto about the  environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar  panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is  wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are  dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume green and  efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at  cross purposes to our true goal - living sustainably and caring for our  environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the  holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the  problem. Efforts to improve efficiency and increase sustainable  development only exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve, more  than negating the environmental gains. We have little trouble turning  increases in efficiency into increases in consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Owen's \u003ci\u003eThe Conundrum\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant nonfiction narrative  filled with fascinating information and anecdotes takes you through the  history of energy and the quest for efficiency. This is a book about the  environment that will change how you look at the world. We should not be  waiting for some geniuses to invent our way out of the energy and  economic crisis we're in. We already have the technology and knowledge we  need to live sustainably. But will we do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the conundrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077292278000,"sku":"9781101560136","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101560136_p0.jpg?v=1763688334","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101560136","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}