“Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies” on the Outdoor Talk Network

Each week, I get several very kind and sincere requests to interview me — normally on a radio show — regarding my last book.   In fact, I just got off an hour-long interview with Jim Slinsky, who has been hosting the Outdoor Talk Network for decades.  He’s a terrific guy, whose program is picked up by 53 stations in 24 states; I was his 1261st show!

But when I hung up the phone from the interview and checked my email, I saw that I had received one that read:

I disagree on the need to wean ourselves off fossil fuel, and I disagree with the premise of the book: “There is no doubt that the migration to clean energy is among the most pressing issues of our time.”

However, maybe the author can change my mind. My review will be objective, but if I think the author is stating falsehoods, I will say so in a review.

If you want to take that chance, please send me a print copy for review.

Jonathan DuHamel

Well, I like a challenge, but I try not to be a total moron. So a quick Googling of this guy shows that while he is a charming and compelling writer, he was apparently born without a sense of fair play. In his piece “Your Carbon Footprint Doesn’t Matter”  (you’ll have to find it yourself if you’re interested, as I’m not giving it a backlink), he  carefully hand-selects and twists certain numbers,  before concluding:

You can do your part; just stop driving your car. The average family car puts out 5.5 tons of CO2 annually and is theoretically responsible for a temperature rise of 0.00000000000311ºC, three one-hundred-billionths of a degree. You can be so proud.

Actually, I AM so proud. In truth, and I think you know this, Jonathan, we really can make a difference in the outcome of our civilization. Sorry; I see where you’re coming from, pal. If you want to buy my book on Amazon and chop it up, go for it.