Please Help Me Name My New Book on Renewable Energy

I’ve spent the last couple of days editing the transcripts of the interviews I’ve conducted for my next book. Although this is tedious work, it gives me the opportunity to relive some moments I’ve greatly enjoyed, and re-absorb some of the fantastic thoughts that these incredible people have laid at my feet.

This process has also reminded me that I need a title and a theme that fits the content of the new book, not unlike “Facts and Fantasies” and “Tough Realities” fit the last one.

The book is really a deeper exploration of the so-called “Tough Realities.” If this is something our society has to do, why is it taking so long?  Why is the US lagging the rest of the world in implementation? Are there large, powerful political and economic forces that conspire against it? What does our future look like, and why?

If you wouldn’t mind helping, please let me know which of the titles below you most favor:

  • Renewable Energy — How Do We Get There from Here?
  • Renewable Energy — Versus the Powers That Be
  • Renewable Energy — Can the Good Guys Win One?
  • Renewable Energy and the Big Money We Wish Were Behind It
  • Renewable Energy — The Tough Realities of Technology, Economics, and Politics
  • Renewable Energy — Why the US Is Walking Away from the Challenge of the Century

Also, if you have any original suggestions on the subject, please add them  as well.   Thanks very much.

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3 comments on “Please Help Me Name My New Book on Renewable Energy
  1. Tom Konrad says:

    I think the “How do we get there from here” subtitle is the best one, at least in terms of arousing reader interest.

    And if that’s your title, I think you should include Nate Hagens as one of your interviewees. Email me and I’ll make an introduction.

    http://www.postcarbon.org/person/36233-nate-hagens

    • Craig Shields says:

      Tom: Thanks. And yes, per my email, please make the introduction with Nate; he sounds terrific.

  2. Oscar Gonzalez says:

    Tough Realities Leading to Alternative Energy