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A review by dknippling
Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us by Maggie Koerth-Baker
3.0
A thin book that contains mind-changing information and a basis for discussion for energy policy in a non-partisan way.
--I generally try to critique books based on whether they achieved what they set out to achieve, and if I solely based it on that, it's be a five-star book. But. It seemed like the goal of this book was to present the complexity of the energy issue, and it did so in an overly simplistic manner. Maybe I just can't explain this properly. But if you want to present how overwhelmingly complex the situation is, and how urgent, should the book in the end give the impression that it's all okay, we can do this, no problemo? I can point to lots of places where she says things that say "it's not going to be easy," but the tone of the book is a bunch of feel-good pablum.
Maybe this wasn't the book for me. I already buy into the idea that we need to spend money on infrastructure and efficiency. But I felt talked down to, pumped up - manipulated.
I recommend it - it's a decent introduction to the conversation. But it's not there to provide more than a primer, if that.
--I generally try to critique books based on whether they achieved what they set out to achieve, and if I solely based it on that, it's be a five-star book. But. It seemed like the goal of this book was to present the complexity of the energy issue, and it did so in an overly simplistic manner. Maybe I just can't explain this properly. But if you want to present how overwhelmingly complex the situation is, and how urgent, should the book in the end give the impression that it's all okay, we can do this, no problemo? I can point to lots of places where she says things that say "it's not going to be easy," but the tone of the book is a bunch of feel-good pablum.
Maybe this wasn't the book for me. I already buy into the idea that we need to spend money on infrastructure and efficiency. But I felt talked down to, pumped up - manipulated.
I recommend it - it's a decent introduction to the conversation. But it's not there to provide more than a primer, if that.