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Index
actor-network theory, 314–15
advertising: age restrictions on, 246–50; broadcast
media, 230; coal, 125; outlook for, 341–42;
psychological effects, 234–35, 236, 248; public
financing of, 248–49; stifling of competition from,
249; waste from, 241; youth directed, 227–35
affect. See fetishes; semiotics
affluenza, 235–38
Agenda-21, 163
Agent Orange, 268
Agnos, Art, 286
agricultural risks, 192–93. See also food security
aligning interests, 179–83. See also codevelopment,
hydrogen economy example of; congruency
Alperovitz, Gar, 348
alternative energy: futility of, 303, how to actually
increase, 337–38, outlook for, 340–42, preconditions
for, 337–38, public perceptions of, 3–4, scale of
resource, 333
Alternatives to Economic Globalization (Cavanagh et al.),
346
AmerGen, 91
American Association of University Women, 322
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, 322
American Enterprise Institute, 157
The American Future: A History
(Schama), 162, 176, 270
American Jobs Creation Act, 67
American Petroleum Institute, 322
American Psychological
Association, 248
Americans for Balanced Energy
Choices, 131
American Wind Energy
Association, 52
Amphicar, 269
Amsterdam: architecture in, 307;
bicycling infrastructure in,
278–79; comfort of living in, 287;
public transit in, 285
Andreas, Dwayne, 66
anti-tobacco ads, 178
appealing to interests of actors, 178
Arch Coal, 128
Archer Daniels Midland, 66–67,
69–70
architecture: Dutch example,
307; efficiency of cogeneration
systems, 327; leed critique, 309–
12; virtue of simplicity, 307–8.
See also passive solar
Asimov, Isaac, 206–7
Astroturf activism, 322
Atlantic Station, 299
atomic bomb, 83
Attenborough, David, 198
Australia Research Council, 164
Australian coal use, 122
automobile commutes, xvi
automobile fatalities, xvi
Bachram, Heidi, 317
backstops, 337. See also boomerang
effect
Bakan, Joel, 347
Ballard Power Systems, 115–16
The Barbaric Heart (White), 344
Bartlett, Albert, 191–92, 207
bathroom metaphor, 206–7
Bazerman, Max, 329–30
Bearak, Barry, 214
Beck, Ulrich, 145
Beder, Sharon, 317
Beecher, Catherine, 306
behavior: changing, 179;
characteristics of, 182; sacrifice,
178–79
Benatar, David, 204–5
Bergey Mike, 42
Bess, Michael, 92–93, 225–26
Better Never to Have Been (Benatar),
204
bicycling: among seniors, 281,
282; among youth, 281–83;
benchmark, 337; Boltage
program, 295–96; carshare
induced, 290; and climate
change, 339; in Davis, California,
294; dedicated lanes for, 294–96;
designing for, 283–84; health
benefits of, 296; history of,
278; insurance for, 297; policy
priorities, 284; quantity of, 278;
rates of, 279–80; resources,
352–53; safety, 279, 281–82; in
Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
294–95; women’s rights and, 278;
youth infrastructure for, 295–96
Bicycling and the Law (Mionske),
297
bike lanes, 294–96
bioalcohol, 62. See also biofuels
biochar, 78–79
biodegradable plastics, 225
biodiesel, 62. See also biofuels
biofuels: agriculture factors of,
66–67, 70–74; alcohol forms of,
62; Arizona State University
analysis of, 73; in Brazil, 62,
76–77; carbon dioxide impact of,
74; Carnegie Institution analysis
of, 63, 79; coal use for, 69;
criticisms of, 63–64; description
of, 61–63; as electoral elixir,
65–70; energy required for,
70–71; farm subsidies for, 68;
biofuel fertilizer used for, 71–72;
and food competition, 63–65;
future projections for, 79–80;
gaseous forms of, 62; global
resource potential of, 79–80;
global resource availability of,
72–74; greenhouse gas footprint
of, 74–76; history of, 61–62,
65–70; International Energy
Agency assessment of, 79;
Labor subsidies for, 68; land
alteration for, 73–74; Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
analysis of, 63, 79; liquid forms
of, 62; loan guarantees for, 68;
lobbying for, 66–71; methane
production from, 76; National
Academy of Sciences analysis of,
64, 73; outlook for, 340; outlook
synopsis of, 80; rainforest
endangerment from, 74–76; and
reliance on fossil fuels, 75–76;
research funding for, 68; return
on investment from, 71; riots
related to, 63; solar reflectivity
of, 75; solid forms of, 62; special
interests supporting, 70; Stanford
University analysis of, 73–74;
subsidies for, 67–69; tax breaks
for, 68; University of Minnesota
analysis of, 73; University
of Wisconsin analysis of, 73;
wastewater sources of, 77–78;
water subsidies for, 68; water use
for, 74; World Bank analysis of,
63; yield tables for, 72–73
biogas, 62. See also biofuels
Birol, Fatih, 338
Black and Veatch: involvement in
doe study, 52–60; mysterious
historical data, 54; data
extrapolations, 54
bmw Hydrogen 7, 107, 111
Boccard, Nicolas, 56
Boltage, 295
boomerang effect: American
context of, 333–34, 337; context
variables for, 177, definition of,
172–73; experts’ overlooking
of, 335; hydropower example of,
133–34; nuclear example of, 103;
street congestion example of, 266
Borenstein, Severin, 13–14
boundary objects: clean coal
example of, 132; definition,
164–65; hydrogen example of,
117–20; and interests of actors, 5;
photovoltaics example of, 164–65
bp, 5, 71, 108
branding, 228. See also advertising;
youth marketing
Brave New World (Huxley), 347
Bright House Institute for Thought
Sciences, 233
bro-ing, 230
Brookings Institution, 300
Brooks, David, 203–4
Brooks, Max, 105
Brower, Michael, 259–60
Brown, Lester, 8
Browne, John, 244–45
Brundtland Commission, 163
Buber, Martin, 152
buildings: Dutch example of,
307; efficiency of cogeneration
systems in, 327; and leed
critique, 309–12; virtue of
simplicity in, 307–8. See also
passive solar
Bush, George W.: hydrogen
betrayal by, 116; hydrogen
support by, 107; wind energy
support by, 51
Byrne, John, 302
cafe biofuel exemption, 69
café culture, 288
California Academy of Sciences,
324
California decoupling, 180–82
California Division of Highways,
286
California per-capita energy use,
182
California Solar Initiative, 15
Callon, Michel, 314
Calvinism, 308
Cameron, David, 41
Cameron, James, 134
campaign finance reform, 322,
329–30
Campbell, Martha, 207
cancer coal-related risks, 124
capacity factor: description of,
49–50; routine exaggerations of,
56–57
Cape Wind Project, 39
capitalism: critiques of, 196; support
for, 346–47; well-being and, 333.
See also neoliberalism; Occupy
Wall Street
carbon capture and sequestration:
challenges, 126–31; cost of, 126–
27; description of, 126; energy
required, 126; impact of, 128;
leaks, 127; Obama assessment of,
130; risks, 127–28; storage issues,
126–28
carbon credits, 317–18. See also
carbon dioxide; carbon pricing;
carbon trading
carbon dioxide: oceanic uptake
of, 127–28; responsibilities to
reduce, 176; wedges to reduce,
335. See also carbon pricing;
greenhouse gasses
carbon footprint of childbirth, 219
carbon pricing, 210, 315–18, 322
carbon trading, 210
car culture, xvi, 264; emergence
of, 265–67; and freeway
construction, 286
carrying capacity, 243
car sharing, 289–90
Carson, Johnny, 82
Carter, Jimmy 66, 162
The Cato Institute, 38
Cavanagh, John, 346
cellulosic ethanol: bioprospecting
for, 77; description of, 76;
expense of, 77; Wall Street
Journal analysis of, 77. See also
biofuels
centenarians, 200
Center for the Sociology of
Innovation, 314
The Centre for Policy Studies, 38
Channel One, 251
charcoal, 78–79
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charity resources, 353
Cheney, Dick, 107
Chernobyl meltdown: cancer from,
100; radioactivity from, 101–2
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 310
Chevrolet Equinox, 107
child development benchmarks, 221
childhood: development
benchmarks for, 221; marriage,
214–16; social construction
of, 228–30. See also youth
advertising
child marriage, 214–16
Children’s Television Act, 249
children’s television programming,
248–49
China: coal consumption in, 122,
343; energy consumption in,
176; lack of carbon pricing,
323; one-child policy, 208; solar
photovoltaic pollution, 18–19
The China Syndrome, 81–82
Chomsky, Noam, 347
Chu, Steven, 116
cities: disadvantages of, 287;
example of, 307; environmental
impact of, 276–78; livability of,
287; recommended projects,
287; village model for, 275–78,
286–88, 402n55
citizen participation, 332
City CarShare, 289
clean coal: expansion of term, 126;
origins of term, 125; rhetoric of,
131–32; symbolism of, 131–32
Clean Water Act, 71
climate change: dilemmas
regarding, 176; nasa findings
for, 156–57; predictions of, 338;
preparing for, 338–39; public
opinion about, 158; risks of, 338;
scientific consensus surrounding,
156–57; skeptics front groups of,
158; skeptics media manipulation
of, 157–58; skeptics of, 156–58
closed-loop production systems,
164
coal: advertising for, 125; air
pollution from, 122; availability
of, 122; cancer risks from,
124; carbon dioxide emissions
from, 122; community health
risks from, 123; cost of, 122;
earthquakes from, 121; fines
to industry, 124; fly-ash from,
123; history of, 122; land
degradation from, 123; landfill
waste from, 124; lobbying for,
124; mountaintop removal, 123;
occupational risks regarding,
123; political donations for,
125–26; protests surrounding use
of, 130–31; resource depletion
of, 192; side effects of, 121–23;
smokestack scrubbers for, 124;
subsidies for, 125–26; sulfur
dioxide emissions from, 124–25;
support from politicians for,
125–26; uses for, 122; water
contamination from, 123. See also
clean coal
The Coal Question (Jevons), 174
codes of judgment, 168
codevelopment, hydrogen economy
example of, 110; in productivism,
151. See also congruency
cogeneration systems, 327
Cohen, Joel, 199
cold fusion. See fusion
colonialism, 345
Columbia River, 85–86
comfort, defining of, 305–6
complexity addressing solutions,
182
compostability, 225
concentrating solar photovoltaic,
139
conflict military spending, 257
conflict resources, 351
congestion pricing, 290–91
congruency: description of, 179–83;
designing for, 243; in diet, 261;
hydrogen example of, 110; in
large systems, 314
Connelly, Matthew, 197, 208
conservation: individual behavior
toward, 178–79, 182; structural
barriers to, 58
conspicuous consumption, 235
consumer confidence, 253–54
consumerism: alternatives for youth
to, 250–51; junk-mail and, 253;
mass media effects on, 237–38;
product durability and, 290;
youth related, 230–33. See also
consumption; ecoconsumerism;
youth marketing
consumption: alternatives for
youth, 250–51; attempts to
reduce, 226–27; backstops to,
173–74; benchmark for future,
337; happiness derived from,
237; harms ranked, 260; mass
media effects on, 237–38; meatrelated,
259–60; outlook for,
341–42; and population growth,
196–98. See also consumerism;
ecoconsumerism
context: importance of, 177; outlook
for, 340–42; reforming, 336
contraception: barriers to, 209;
demand for, 208; misinformation
about, 209; religious factors, 209
Conway, Erik, 156
Copenhagen Accord, 338
cornucopians, 195. See also
economics; neoliberalism;
productivism
corporate charters, 347
corporate responsibility, 164
The Corporation (Bakan), 347
cosmopolitanism, 269
counterfeit political letters, 322
Cram, Shannon, 89
CriticalEnvironmentalism, 348
DaimlerChrysler, 108
dams. See hydropower
Davis ca, 294
Davison, Aidan, 164
dead zones, 71–72
The Death and Life of Great
American Cities (Jacobs), 276–77
Debord, Guy, 149–50
decoupling, 180–82, 327
deferred happiness syndrome, 240
delivery vehicles, 292
Deming, W. Edwards, 15
Democracy in America
(Tocqueville), 270
Denniss, Richard, 235, 246
density of living, 277
Department of Environmental
Conservation, 141
Detroit: collapse of, 273; history
of, 272
Diamond, Jared, 189
Diaz, Philippe, 345
Dickens, Charles, 191
Diesendorf, Mark, 125–26
Index
dilemmas, 176
diplomacy and climate change,
338–39
disciplines of the future, 332
Disney, Walt, 81
Dole, Bob, 66
Dolnick, Edward, 263
Douglas, Michael, 81–82
downshifters, 244
downward energy spirals, 329
Doyle Research, 232
Dunham-Jones, Ellen, 298
Durbin, Richard, 215
Dutch. See Netherlands
Dvora, Yanow, 347
dynamic energy pricing, 357n20
earthquakes: coal related, 121;
geothermal related, 137
Easter Island, 189–90
ecoconsumerism: claims about,
225–26; history of, 225, 226;
labeling fraud, 227. See also
consumerism; consumption
ecological modernization, 119
economics: disutility for younger
generations, 203; exogenous
prices in, 383n3; gdp and, 253–
56; inelasticity in, 316; leakage in,
176, 317; population and, 202–3;
regulation and, 318–19; resources
for reforming, 353. See also
neoliberalism
The Economist: on ocean acidity,
128; on population growth, 202
Edible Schoolyard Project, 250
efficiency: benchmarks for,
337; in buildings, 309–12; of
cogeneration systems, 327;
cultural norms of, 312–13;
at Department of Energy,
328–30; home characteristics,
311–12; leed critique, 309–12;
limitations of, 174; oversight
of, 329; refrigeration examples
of, 318–19, 329; standards for
building, 309, 324; of trees,
326; unintended consequences
of, 174–75; U.S. assessment of,
303–5; and well-being, 305. See
also boomerang effect; Jevons
paradox
Ehrlich, Anne, 203
Ehrlich, Paul, 203
Einstein, Albert, xv
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 90
elections. See 2008 elections; 2010
elections; 2012 elections
electric vehicles: battery issues
in, 143–44; benefits of, 145;
carbon dioxide impact of,
143; environmental impact of,
144–45; fuel costs of, 143–44;
greenwashing sprawl of, xvi,
145–46; National Research
Council assessment of, 144–45;
pedestrian impacts of, 145–46;
tradeoffs of, 143; unintended
consequences of, xvi, 144–46
Embarcadero Freeway collapse, 286
Energetics Incorporated, 52
Energy Citizens, 322
energy consumption: backstops,
180–81; biofuel potential to fulfill
global, 75, 79–80; difficulty
displacing, 59; factors affecting,
181; fostering happiness, 302;
tiered pricing, 181; underlying
motivators of, 103. See also
productivism
energy footprints of food, 224
energy footprints of products,
224–27
Energy Policy Act, 91
energy reduction: barriers to,
165–66; in media, 153, 158;
patentability, 161; policies
ignoring, 58, 152; predisposition
to overlook, 150–52, 155; taking a
walk with example, 165
energy spirals, 329
Energy Star fraud, 227
energy tax, 323–24
Energy Tax Act, 67
Engelman, Robert, 201
Engels, Friedrich, 191
Entergy Nuclear, 108
environmentalism: dilemmas of,
176; electric car support of,
144–46; fetishes of, 149–52;
goals for, 340–42; historical
shifts in, 163–64; hydrogen
support for, 109; lecturing about
consumption, 243; outlook
for, 340–42; setting priorities
for, 340–42; shift in, 331–33;
suburbanization response to,
264; sustainability movement
and, 163; technological turn of,
162–64
environmentalists of tomorrow,
332–33
environmental justice movement,
209–10
Environmental Protection Agency:
ethanol plant reclassification, 69
An Essay on the Principle of
Population (Malthus), 191
ethanol: blenders credit, 67;
cellulosic, 76–77, 79–80;
subsidies for, 67–69. See also
biofuels
eugenics, 191
Europe. See France; Germany;
Netherlands; Sweden
European Commission, 108
European working hours, 239
expertise, 332
exploitation of children, 232. See
also youth marketing
exponential growth, 191–92
externalities: of automobiles, 267;
of biochar, 78–79; of biofuels,
63–64, 74–76; boomerang
effect of congestion pricing,
290–91; difficulty in assessing,
302; efficiency, 174–75; of
electric vehicles, xvi, 144–46;
geothermal, 136–37; growthism
cycle, 167; hydrogen, 111–14;
hydropower, 134–35; leakage,
317; of monetary policy, 327–28;
national energy consumption
related, 302; natural gas,
140–42; nuclear power, 103; of
photovoltaics, 17–28; problems
defining, 167–68; of solar cells,
17–28; solar thermal, 139;
suburbanization, 273–75; of wind
power, 36–42, 58–60. See also
boomerang effect
extraterrestrial colonization, 195
Exxon, 108
Fatal Misconception (Connelly), 197
Federal Communications
Commission, 247
Federal Trade Commission,
247–48, 318
Feenburg, Andrew, 348
Index
fertility: global average, 199; in
Iran, 209; Japan, 205; reductions,
208–9; replacement rate, 199
fertilizers, 192
fetishes: cheerleading for
energy-related, 340; in leed
critique, 311; of suburbia, 274;
technofetishism, 331–33. See also
semiotics
First steps: characteristics of,
183–84; flexibility of, 184; goals
of, 183–84
First steps list: addressing complex
population challenges, 220;
approaching population concerns
of poor regions, 214–16;
approaching women’s welfare in
America, 216–20; bicycling for
youth, 295–96; bicycle insurance,
297; carefully shift to energy
(not carbon) taxes, 323–24; car
sharing, 289–90; cogeneration
systems, 327; congestion pricing,
290–91; create a department of
efficiency, 328–30; ditch the gdp,
253–56; eliminate advertising
to kids, 246–50; enable
downshifting, 244–46; from
cars to cafés, 288; from parking
to parks, 288–89; introduce
junk-mail choice, 253; monetary
reform and decoupling, 327;
prioritize bicycle roadways,
294–95; promote volunteering,
246; rediscover passive solar,
324–26; reform zoning, 297–98;
retrofitting suburbia, 298–300;
shift military investment to
real energy security, 256–57;
shift taxes from income to
consumption, 251–52; smart
packaging, 252; social enterprises
for youth, 250; strengthen
building efficiency standards,
324; traffic calming, 292–93;
vegetarianism, 258–61; voting
reform, 328
Fleck, Ludwik, 31
flex-fuel vehicles, 69
Fonda, Jane, 81
food export bans, 213
food security: and fertilizer use, 192;
climate change effects on, 193,
339; population issues involving,
192–93, 213
Ford Motor Company, 14, 108
Forster, E. M., 347
Foucauldian power flows, 162,
180–81. See also codevelopment,
hydrogen economy example of
Foucault, Michel, 348
fox news, 158
fracking, 140–42
framing: of “accidents,” 82; of fossil
fuels as a renewable resource,
107–8; of the hydrogen dream,
107–10, 119–20; of technological
solutions, 171. See also semiotics;
productivism
France: abortion prevalence in, 218;
nuclear ambitions in, 92–93
Frank, Robert, 237, 239
freeways: construction of, 286;
effects of, 286–87. See also car
culture
Friedman, Milton, 346–47, 348
Friedman, Thomas, 311, 344
fuel cells: automotive programs for,
107; lifespan of, 114; limitations
of, 114; platinum usage in, 115
Fukushima meltdown, 91, 101,
102–3
fusion: explanation of, 137; ongoing
projects for, 138; promise of, 138
future of environmentalism, 287–
88, 331–33, 342
Ganal, Michael, 107
gangsta, 231. See also semiotics
Gans, Herbert, 237
Gates, Bill, 336
gdh, 255
gdp reform, 252–56
Geertz, Clifford, 263
General Motors Volt electric car,
143
Genuine Progress Indicator, 256
George Marshall Institute, 157
geothermal: degradation of sources
for, 137; earthquakes from, 137;
limitations of, 136–37; output
potential of, 137; source of, 136;
types of systems for, 136
Germany: bicycling in, 281–82;
birthrate in, 205; eco taxes in,
320–22; resistance to nuclear
power, 91
Gini Coefficient of Wealth
Disparity, 256
Girl Scouts, 230
Global Climate Coalition, 157
Global Spin (Beder), 317
Glover, Leigh, 50
Goldblatt, David, 348
Goodall, Jane, 198, 251
Gore, Al, 315
governance: online resources for,
353
government secrecy: document
ornl-341, 84–85; Green Run,
83–85; Hanford Site, 83–90;
leaked diplomatic cables on
Nigeria, 319; radioactive
dispersions, 83–85
Green Building Council, 309
The Green Consumer (Makower),
226
greenhouse gasses: from biofuels
74–76; from buildings, 324; from
coal, 122; from electric vehicles,
143; from meat production,
260; from natural gas, 143;
oceanic uptake of, 127–28;
responsibilities to reduce, 176;
from solar cells, 9, 17–18; wedges
to reduce, 335
green lifestyle. See ecoconsumerism
Green Metropolis, 275–76
Greenpeace, 5, 322
Green Run, 82–85
greenwashing: Astroturf activism,
322; bp, 160; clean coal, 124–26;
ecoconsumerism, 224–7; leed
critique, 311; solar, 27. See
also ecoconsumerism; fetishes;
semiotics
Greer, John Michael, 344
Griesemer, Jim, 164
Griftopia (Taibbi), 346
gross domestic health, 255
gross domestic product, 253–56
Gross National Happiness, 256
groundwater contamination: biofuel
impact on, 66; in Niger Delta,
319; nuclear related, 83, 85;
photovoltaic related, 18–20
Grove, Sir William, 106
growth: end of, 168; limits to, 163–
64, 166–68. See also economics;
growthism; neoliberalism
Index
growthism: energy supply and
demand, 172, 175; expectations
around, 167; gdp, 253–56; as a
global phenomenon, 202; policies
spurring, 254; prosperity link
to, 254; self-fulfilling prophecy
of, 167; source of, 151; support
for, 166. See also growth;
neoliberalism; Occupy Wall
Street issues; productivism
Guillebaud, John, 209, 218
Guttmacher Institute, 220
Hacker, Jacob S., 346
Hamilton, Clive, 235, 246
Hanford Site: nuclear waste
descriptions, 86; radioactive
dispersions from, 83–85; shifts in
use, 83, 86, 89–90
Happy Planet Index, 256
Harding, Ari, 324–25
harms of existence, 204
Hartmann, Betsy, 211
Harvey, David, 347
Hayflick Limit, 200
Hays, Pip, 209
health care, 221; funding, 257;
measuring performance of, 255;
resources, 351; universal, 221,
239–40, 245
heat pumps, 140
Hedges, Chris, 320, 344
heemraadschappen, 308
Heinz, 232
The Hidden Costs of Energy
(National Research Council),
167
The High Price of Materialism
(Kasser), 236
HighScope, 250
hip hop branding, 231, 237–38
hipster branding, 231, 237–38
Hiroshima, 83
Holland. See Netherlands
Honig Winery, 27–28
housing affordability, 287, 297–98
Hubsmith, Deb, 283
Hultman, Martin, 119
human rights: benchmarks for, 337;
online resources for, 349–51
Huxley, Aldous, 347
hybrid vehicles, 142–46
hydrogen: automotive support
for, 107; bmw Hydrogen-7, 107;
chicken-and-egg problem, 112;
critics of, 111–15; drafting of pr
for, 108; dubious claims about,
107–8; education campaigns,
108; electrolysis, 113; energy
required to produce, 108;
framing of the, dream, 107–10,
117–20; future of, 120; history
of, 106–7; hoax effect,118–19;
Hydrogen Highway, 108; loss
of political support for, 116–17;
media support for, 105–6, 115;
nuclear industry support of,
109–10; particulate matter, 108;
PricewaterhouseCoopers study,
115; pr tool, 118; production, 106;
public fear of, 112; reforming,
113; space applications of,
107; stock market bubble,
115; storage, 111–12; Sunline
plant, 113; thermodynamics
of, 106; total cost of, 113–14;
transportation limitations, 112–
13; wind and solar production,
109, 113
hydropower: in Brazil, 134–35;
conflict potential of, 135; in
Norway, 134; output in United
States, 133–34; side effects of,
134–35; worldwide production
of, 134–35
“The Ideal” (Tucholsky), 269
imperialism, 345
incrementalism, 183–84, 298, 330
independence perceptions of, 152
Index of Sustainable Economic
Welfare, 256
individual behavior, 178–79, 313
individualism, 327
inelasticity, 316
inequality: and carbon pricing,
317–18; and climate change,
339; and congestion pricing,
290–91; and corporate charters,
347; measuring, 256; natural gas
example of, 140–42; wealthlinked
speeding tickets, 292;
zoning reforms for housing
access, 297–98
infiltration, 230
innovation networks, 314–15
interest, 327–28
intermittency, 43–47
International Atomic Energy
Agency, 95
international coordination, 322–23
International Energy Agency, 122
International Protecting Girls by
Preventing Child Marriage Act,
215
intrinsic rewards, 245
Issa, Darrell, 110
iter fusion reactor, 138
Jacobs, Jane, 276–77
Japan: forestry history of, 190;
nuclear power in, 91; solar cell
data from, 30
jaywalking, 292
Jeep Treo, 107
Jensen, Derrick, 345
Jevons paradox, 174, 180
Jevons, William Stanley, 174
job sharing, 240
Jordan, Chris, 197
journalism: business pressures on
reporting, 158–61
journalistic objectivity, 154–56
Jugendhaus, 251
junk mail, 241–42, 253
junk mail online resources, 352
Justice (clothing brand), 230
Kaizen, 14
Kalamazoo, xvii
Kasser, Tim, 236
Keeney, Dennis, 69
Keller, Hellen, 187
Kendall Foundation, 159
Kettering University, 329
Kissinger, Henry, 213
Kissling, Frances, 212
Klein, Naomi, 347
Kolbert, Elizabeth, 345
Koplow, Doug, 98
Kucinich, Dennis, 257
Kuhn, Thomas, 348
Kunstler, James Howard, 344,
400n38
Kuznets, Simon, 254
labeling efficiency standards,
318–19, 324
labeling fraud, 227
Index
Laboratory of Populations, 199
Laffitte, Pierre, 314
Lafontaine, Oskar, 320–21
land alteration, 260
Langer, Charles, 107
Lasn, Kalle, 267
Latour, Bruno, 314
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, 59
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design, 309
leakage, 176, 317, 338
leed critique, 309–12
Leer, Steven, 128–29
Leinberger, Christopher, 300
Lemmon Jack, 81
Leno, Jay, 111
Leon, Warron, 259–60
Letterman, David, 65
Levittowners, 237
life expectancy, 200
life extension, 200
life satisfaction, 245–46
The Light-Green Society (Bess),
225–26
Limited Too, 230
limits to growth, 163–64, 166–68,
196, 202
Lindblom, Charles, 347
livability, 287
lobbying coal industry, 124
Loftus, Kathy, 10
Loma Prieta earthquake, 286
Lomborg, Bjorn, 8, 195
London congestion pricing, 290
The Long Emergency (Kunstler), 344
Lovelock, James, 344
low-income housing, 277
luxury tax, 251–52
The Machine Stops (Forster), 347
Makower, Joel, 226
Malthus, Thomas Robert, 190
Marcellus Shale, 140–42
marketing. See ecoconsumerism;
youth marketing
Marshall Fields, 230
Marx, Karl, 191, 320, 379n6
Masdar City, 20–22
materialism, 236. See also
ecoconsumerism
Max Plank Institute, 200
McCollum, Betty, 215
McKibben, Bill, 344
McKinsey and Company, 335
Meadows, Donella H., 345
meat production, 259–60. See also
vegetarianism
media coverage: alternative energy
in, 355n3; balance of opinions
in, 154–57; corporate ownership
of, 154; expert opinions in, 156;
online publications, 160–61;
reaction to oil shock, 150–53;
status quo bias of, 155–56; study
of energy articles, 150–54;
understaffing in, 159
Merchants of Doubt (Oreskes and
Conway), 156–58
Merkel, Jim, 198
Merrill Environmental Center, 310
The Middle Mind (White), 344
militarism resources, 352
military spending, 256–57, 352
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 301
Millennium Cell, 115–16
Miller, Steven, 280
Mionske, Bob, 297
mixed-use financing, 299–300
Mond, Ludwig, 107
monetary reform, 327
monoculture plantations, 210
Montaigne, Fen, 345
Moore, Kathleen Dean, 344, 411n6
Moral Ground (Moore and Nelson),
344
More, 201
Moyers, Bill, 206
mtbe, 67
Muller, Richard, 100
naacp, 322
nannyism, 318, 322
narrowing, 323, 335
National Boys and Girls Club, 230
National Corn Growers
Association, 79–80
National Energy Technology
Laboratory, 108
National Mining Association,
129–30
national nanny, 247
National Parent-Teacher
Association, 230
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, 143
National Research Council:
definition of externality, 167–68;
electric vehicle study, 144
natural gas: as a bridge to nowhere,
140; versus carbon dioxide
production, 140; fracking, 140–
42; and water contamination,
141–42
Natural Resources Defense
Council, 51
Nelson, Michael P., 344, 411n6
Nemet, Gregory, 15
neo-colonialism, 345, 367n29. See
also neoliberalism
neoliberalism: critiques of, 345;
nannyism and, 318–19, 322;
patents, 367n29; support for,
346–47; well-being and, 333
Netherlands: dyke construction
in, 308; home design in, 307;
imperialism of, 345; mediumsized
cities in, 402n55;
neighborhood design in, 307–9;
quality of life in, 301
networks of innovation, 314–15
neuromarketing, 232. See also
ecoconsumerism
New America Foundation, 192
Newcastle earthquake, 121
New Energy Policy Development
Group, 107
New York City: as an ecotopia,
276; tree census, 326
Next Generation Nuclear Power
Plant, 110
Nieh, Peter, 24
Niger Delta, 319
nimby, 37–38
Nonproliferation Policy Education
Center, 95
Norton, Aaron, 228
Norwegian hydropower, 134
nuclear armament proliferation,
92–96
nuclear power: burner reactors
for, 100; carbon footprint of, 97;
carbon mitigation costs for, 97;
early years of, 90; economies of
scale, 97–98; environmentalists’
assessments of, 91; movie about,
81–82; framing, meltdowns as
accidents, 82; French history of,
92–93; peacetime vs. wartime,
92–96; public perceptions of,
Index
81–82; resurrection of, 90–91;
safety record of, 82; subsidies
for, 97–100; taxpayer risks of,
103; total cost of, 98; waste
management, 86–90
Nuclear Suppliers Group, 91–92
nuclear waste: compared to
naturally occurring radioactivity,
100–101; development of,
90–96; dumped in ocean,
98–99; geothermal-related,
137; management activities,
96; natural gas–related, 141;
quantities of, 99–100; recycling/
reprocessing of, 100; risks of,
96; stored at Hanford, 86; Tank
sy-101, 85–90; tracking of, 95;
unpredictability of, 88
nudges, 330
Nye, David, 348
Obama, Barack: coal support, 130;
halting Yucca Mountain facility,
99; hydrogen defunding, 116;
solar support, 4; tire inflation,
152; unaware of Hanford, 82;
wind energy support, 51
objectivity in journalism, 154–56
Occupy Wall Street issues:
campaign finance reform, 322,
329–30; decoupling, 327; ditch
the gdp, 253–56; monetary
reform, 327; productivist porn,
150–54; reform zoning, 297–98;
two economies, 272–73; voting
reform, 328; well-being, 333.
See also economics; housing
affordability; inequality;
neoliberalism; public space;
women’s rights
ocean acidity, 127–28
oecd, 337–38
Office of Population Research,
218–19
oil embargo of 1973, 35
oil scarcity, 168
open-work, 251
Optimum Population Trust, 198
Oreskes, Naomi, 156
Our Common Future (Brundtland
Commission), 163
overconsumption harms ranked,
260. See also consumption;
ecoconsumerism
overpopulation: renewed interest
in, 203; as a symptom, 215. See
also population growth
Owen, David, 275–76
Pacala, Stephan, 335
Pacific garbage patch, 242
packaging, 242, 252–53
palm oil, 74
parking: emergence of, 266;
inequitable burden of, 281;
subsidies for, 288
park(ing) program, 288
parklets, 289
passive solar, 29, 324–26
Patel, Raj, 344
patentability of energy mechanisms,
161–62
peace requires bravery, 257
peaker power plants, 13, 43
pedestrian: history, 265–66; risks,
145–46. See also walkable
neighborhoods
Perkins, John, 346–47
pg&e, 143
Phenix, Matthew, 111
philanthropy online resources, 353
photovoltaics. See solar cells
Pickens, T. Boone, 36, 52, 57
Pickett, Kate, 346
Pierson, Paul, 346
Pike, Richard, 143
Pink, Daniel, 245
plastic waste, 252–53
plugging leaks, 303–5
plutonium: enrichment, 83, 85;
missing quantities of, 95;
tracking of, 95. See also nuclear
waste
polder model, 308
political donations, 125–26, 129–31
poor regions: risks to, 243; women’s
rights in, 210, 214–16. See
also inequality; neoliberalism;
Occupy Wall Street issues
The Population Bomb (Paul
Ehrlich), 203
population control, 191, 210–11. See
also population growth
population growth: among rich
consumers, 196–97; association
with prosperity, 202; dilution
of political representation,
206; early theories of, 190–91;
economic consequences of, 202;
exponentials, 191–92; figures,
195; forecast unreliability, 197,
216; global, 194; global peak, 197;
life extension impact on, 200;
modification of, 199; momentum,
199–200; official policy on,
201; optimum, 198–99; policy
interventions on, 200–201; risks
of, 213; stigma about discussing;
201, U.S. estimates of, 192, 216;
value of life and, 206
population reduction: benefits of,
206–7; conflict and war and,
206; crime reductions as a result
of, 206; defense of, 187–88, 208;
fears surrounding, 202–5; history
of, 208; risks of, 205
population online resources, 350
positional wealth, 237
posterity, 203–5
Postman, Neil, 347
Potts, Malcolm, 207
poultry production, 259–60
poverty resources, 350
power (influence), 162, 180–81
Pratt, Robert, 159
preconditions for energy
technologies, 337–38
Price-Anderson Act, 90
priorities, 334–36
Priypat, 102
production vs. production, 155, 334
productivism: alternatives to, 332–
33; codevelopment of, 151, 165,
167; environmental policy, 163–
64; institutional process of, 58;
origins of, 150–51; outlook for,
340–42; and patent implications,
161–62; political support for,
162–64; profit motive of, 154,
161–62
promises: for clean coal, 131–32; for
fusion, 138; for solar cells, 4–6,
26–28, 30
Public Citizen, 322
public opinion: climate change,
157–58; preference for walkable
communities, 300; proximity to
friends, 276
public relations: automotive
industry, 143–44; climate change
Index
skeptics, 157–58; coal industry,
125, 131–32; electric vehicles, 143,
146; influence on media, 159
public space: congestion pricing,
290–91; parking takeovers, 288
public transportation: Curitiba
model, 285; density of locale,
284–85; effects on children,
250–51; history of, 265; success
factors for, 284–85
quality of life survey, 256
Quantum Technologies, 108
questioning goals, 178
questions about the future, 334
Quinn, Daniel, 345
Rabeder, Karl, 244
radiation, 100–103
radioactive waste: geothermalrelated,
137; natural gas–related,
141. See also nuclear waste
ranching footprints, 259–60
Rapa Nui. See Easter Island
Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, 307
ratchet effect: of alternative
vehicles, 146; benchmark for
avoiding, 337; challenges of
addressing, 171–75; of cheap
power, 333; of comparative
consumerism, 237; of
suburbanization, 270–72
Reagan, Ronald, 346–47
redd, 210
Rees, Amanda, 273
refrigerators, 318–19, 329
regulation: of building energy
consumption, 324; outlook for,
340–42; utility of, 318–20
reliability factor, 49
Renewable Energy Consulting
Services, 52
Renewable Fuels Association, 70
reproduction selfish project, 204–5
research vs. production, 336
resources, 349–53
retrofitting suburbia, 298–300
risk society, 145, 171–72, 327–28
Robbins, Tom, 133
Roberts, Kelli, 78
Rockefeller, David, 65
Rocky Mountain Institute, 175
Romm, Joseph, 114
Roots and Shoots, 251
Rosenbaum, Walter, 90
Rostand, Edmond, 121
Royal Dutch Shell, 320
Running the Numbers (Jordan), 197
Rybczynski, Witold, 305–6
sacrificing sacrifice, 178–79
Safe Routes to School, 283
Safina, Carl, 347
Salazar, Ken, 130
Sale, Kirkpatrick, 347
Save the Children, 221
Schalet, Amy, 220–21
Schama, Simon, 162, 176, 270
Schor, Juliet, 231–35
Schroeder, Gerhard, 321
Schumacher, Fritz, 227
science and technology studies. See
actor-network theory; boundary
objects; codevelopment;
congruency; Foucauldian power
flows; framing; risk society;
self-fashioning; semiotics; social
construction of technology;
trained incapacity; unintended
consequences
Scrooge, 191
secrecy: document ornl-341,
84–85; Green Run, 83–85;
Hanford Site, 83–90; leaked
diplomatic cables on Nigeria,
319; radioactive dispersions,
83–85
Seidman, Larry, 251
self-directed learning, 250
self-fashioning, 149
self-organization, 182
semiotics: clean coal, 131–32;
clean energy spectacle, xvi;
conceptions of public space,
265–66; conservation, 152;
electric vehicles, 144; energy
reduction, 152; energy spectacles,
149–50; future visions, 168–69;
gangsta, 231; hydrogen, 119–20;
nature and natural, 223–25; news
coverage implications, 159–60;
nuclear power, 81–82; parroting,
342; production vs. reduction,
149–52, 303; solar cells, 3–4, 165;
wind power, 58–60
Seuss, Dr., 223
shale gas, 140–42
Shiva, Vandana, 344
The Shock Doctrine (Klein), 347
A Short History of Progress
(Wright), 193
Shutkin, William A., 347
side effects. See externalities
sidewalks: café culture on, 288;
emergence of, 265–66; expansion
techniques, 293
Sierra Club, 38–39, 51
Sieverts, Thomas, 269
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, 19
silo effects, 26, 335
Simon, Julian, 195
Sinclair, Stephanie, 214
skyscraper maintenance, 400n38
Small is Beautiful (Schumacher),
227
Smart Fuel Cell, 115–16
smart grid, 47–48
smart growth, 192
Smith, Sam, 347
smokestack scrubbers, 124
Snowe, Olympia, 215
social construction of technology:
ethanol example of, 65–71;
hydrogen economy example of,
119–20; solar cell introduction to,
5–6, 30; wind power example of,
54–60. See also codevelopment,
hydrogen economy example of;
semiotics
social enterprise, 250–51
social enterprise resources, 352
Society of the Spectacle (Debord),
149–50
sociology of science and
technology. See actor-network
theory; boundary objects;
codevelopment, hydrogen
economy example of;
congruency; Foucauldian power
flows; framing; risk society;
self-fashioning; semiotics; social
construction of technology;
trained incapacity; unintended
consequences
Socolow, Robert, 335
solar cells: aging degradation of,
22, 359n42; as greenwashing,
27; in California, 9; California
Academy of Sciences use of,
324–26; carbon credits for, 17–
Index
18; Chesapeake Bay Foundation
use of, 310; cornucopian visions
of, 8; costs of, 9, 10–12, 24–25,
356n8; durability of, 20–24;
economies of scale of, 10–11;
efficiency of, 22; expectations for
cost reductions, 10–12; form of
misdirection, 26–27; greenhouse
gasses from, 9, 17–18; harms of,
25–28; heavy metals in, 19–20;
history of, 7; hot water, 29;
installation limitations of, 12, 21;
installed cost of, 11–12; inverters
for, 22, 24; junk-mail comparison
to, 253; learning by doing, 14–17;
limits to harnessing, 8; in media,
6, 22; and Moore’s Law, 16–17;
overheating of, 22; photovoltaic
concentrating systems, 139;
in poor nations, 12–13, 28;
power intermittency of, 44–45;
purported benefits of, 5–6;
rebates for, 27–28; soiling of, 21;
subsidies for, 10–11, 27–29; theft
of, 12; timing advantage of, 13–
14; toxins in, 18–20; transmission
limitations of, 12–14
solar thermal: desert ecosystem
health, 139; passive 324–26;
rooftop units, 140; subsidies,
139; system descriptions, 139;
transmission limitations, 139;
water consumption, 139
solutions. See First steps list
Solyndra, 11
spectacle, 149–50
Speth, James Gustave, 346
sprawl: electric vehicle
involvement, xvi, 145; public
disapproval of, 300
Star, Susan Leigh, 164
steady-state economy, 182
Steamboat Springs co, 294–95
steam engine, 174
Stein, Gertrude, 331
Stein, Herb, 196
St. Elizabeth’s Day Flood, 308
Stern, Todd, 322
Stiglitz, Joseph, 344
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 306
straw-bale homes, 264
streets: history of, 265–67
suburbanization: budget problems
of, 272; as colonialism, 264;
cosmopolitanism, 269; and
effects on children, 250; history
of, 263–73; maturation of,
274; profit motive of, 271–72;
ratchet effect of, 270–72;
retrofitting, 298–300; and school
relocation costs, 272; and turf
grass, 268; utopian visions
of, 269; visualization of, 263;
Zwischenstadt, 269
sulfur dioxide, 124–25
Sunline, 113
superpests, 192
sustainable development policy, 163
sustainable growth, 192
Sweden: child advertising ban, 248;
cogeneration, 327; school biking
reforms, 250
Switzerland: earthquake from
geothermal, 137; speeding ticket
costs, 292
symbolism. See semiotics
symptoms vs. sources, 335
Taibbi, Matt, 346
Tank sy-101, 85–90
taxes: automotive, 285;
consumption-based, 251–52;
drivers vs. bicyclists paying,
316; energy-related, 252,
323–24; gasoline, 285; spending
breakdown of revenues from,
256–57; wealthy residents share
of carbon, 324
Teatro Zinzanni, 286
technofetishism, 331–32. See also
fetishes
technological determinism, 331–33
technological optimism, 195
technological turn, 162–64
technology, social construction
of: ethanol example of, 65–71;
hydrogen economy example of,
119–20; solar cell introduction to,
5–6, 30; wind power example of,
54–60. See also codevelopment,
hydrogen economy example of;
semiotics
technology in environmental
policy, 163–64
technology studies. See actornetwork
theory; boundary
objects; codevelopment,
hydrogen economy example of;
congruency; Foucauldian power
flows; framing; risk society;
self-fashioning; semiotics; social
construction of technology;
trained incapacity; unintended
consequences
teen pregnancy: and abortion, 218;
causes of, 218, 220–21; crosscultural
comparisons of, 216–17,
220–21; parental role in, 220–21;
rates of, 216–19; and religious
implications, 220–21; risks of,
217–18; solutions to, 221
teen sexual health, 220–22
Texaco, 108
Texas: how many people can fit,
194–95; per-capita energy use,
182
thermal coolers, 140
thorium, 93–95
Three Mile Island: nuclear
meltdown, 81–82; relicensing, 91
Tocqueville, Alexis De, 270
Toly, Noah, 302
toxins: solar related, 18–20; traffic
related, 267
tradeoffs, 335–36
traffic: benefits of, 291; congestion
pricing and, 290–91; emergence
of, 265–67; freeway construction
and, 286; time spent in, 267,
271–72; toxins within, 267
traffic calming: justification for,
292; sidewalk expansion for, 288;
strategies for, 293
trained incapacity, 168
trees, 325–26
triple-bottom-line accounting, 164
Trussell, James, 218–19
Tucholsky, Kurt, 269
tuition costs, 207
Turkle, Sherry, 348
Twain, Mark, 3
20% Wind Energy by 2030 (doe):
environmentalists’ support
for, 59; findings in, 51–60;
methodology of, 54
2008 elections, 126, 129–31
2010 elections, 130
2012 elections, 130
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UK Royal Society of Chemistry,
143
uncertainty: working with, 176–77
unicef, 230
unintended consequences: biochar,
78–79; biofuels, 63–64, 74–76;
carbon taxes, 316–18; clean coal,
131–32; congestion pricing,
290–91; efficiency, 174–75;
electric vehicles, xvi, 144–46;
fertilizers, 71; geothermal,
136–37; growthism cycle, 167;
hydrogen, 111–14; hydropower,
134–35; leakage, 317; monetary
policy, 327–28; national energy
consumption, 302; natural
gas, 140–42; nuclear power,
103; outlook for, 340–42;
photovoltaics, 17–28; production
vs. production comparisons,
155; sacrifice, 178–79; solar cells,
17–28; solar thermal, 139; traffic
signals, 292; wind power, 36–42,
58–60. See also boomerang
effect; externalities
Union of Concerned Scientists,
259–60
United Nations Food and
agriculture Organization, 260
United Nations Millennium
Development Goals, 209
United Nations Population
Conference, 209
United Nations Population Fund,
216
United Nations World Summit on
Sustainable Development, 164
universal health care: availability,
221, 239–40, 245; funding, 257;
measuring performance of, 255;
resources, 351
University of Washington, 329
unorganized coordination, 314
unplanned pregnancies, 218–19
urban density, 277. See also
urbanism
urbanism: cafés and, 288;
delivery vehicles and, 293;
disadvantages of, 287; Dutch,
307–9; environmental impact of,
276–78; and jaywalking, 292;
leed critique of, 309–12; and
livability, 287; necessary projects
of, 287; retrofitting suburbia
for, 298–300; village model of,
275–78, 286–88; and zoning
reforms, 297–98
urban planning land use, 276–77
Urdal, Henrik, 206
U.S. Census Bureau population
estimates, 194–95, 216
U.S. Department of Energy: biofuel
forecast, 79; Hanford secret
documents, 83; hydrogen support
by, 108; responsibilities of, 328;
and radiation releases, 85; U.S.
impermanence, 96; wind energy
reports by, 51–59; and Yucca
Mountain repository, 99
U.S. Green Building Council, 309
U.S. Department of
Transportation, 283
utopianism: alternative energy, 169;
hydrogen, 119; suburbanization,
268–69
Veblen, Thorstein, 235
veganism online resources, 352
vegetarianism, 258–61
vegetarianism online resources, 352
village model, 275–78, 286–88,
402n55. See also cities
visions of the future, 168–69.
See also promises; fetishes;
utopianism
Volt electric car, 143
voluntary restrictions, 164
volunteering, 246
volunteering online resources, 351
von Braun, Joachim, 63
voting reform, 328
Wald, Matthew, 88
Waldermann, Anselm, 59
walkable neighborhoods:
benchmarks for, 337; carshare
effects on, 290; and climate
change, 339; college campus
as, 276; consumption backstops
of, 182; history of, 265–66;
independence of children in,
250–51; and jaywalking, 292;
leed critique of, 309–12; online
resources for, 353
Warner, Carolyn, 61
Watt, James, 174
wealth: extraction as source of 243,
324
Webster, John, 115
wedges, 335
well-being: and corporate charters,
347; efficient housing and, 311–
12; energy efficiency and, 305;
outlook for, 340–42; prioritizing,
334–36; regulation and, 321; Wall
Street model, 333
Welliver, Judson, 272
What’s Mine is Yours (Botsman and
Rogers), 290
White, Curtis, 344
White, Lynn, 344
Whole Foods Market, 10
Wikileaks, 319
Wilkinson, Richard, 346
Willard, Frances, 278
Willey, David, 198
Williamson, June, 298
wind energy: benefits of, 32–34;
capacity factor of, 49–50; carbon
footprint of, 40–42; compressed
air storage for, 46; in Denmark,
45–46; detractors of, 36–40;
global capacity of, 36; harms
of, 59–60; history of, 34–36;
intermittency of, 43–47; media
coverage of, 36; outlook for, 340;
profit potential for consultants
of, 57; and pumped storage, 46;
and reliance on fossil fuels, 42;
required to replace coal, 49–50;
storage options for, 46; and
windiest locations, 47
wind turbines: bird and bat
endangerment by, 38–39; and
blade toss, 36–37; building
mounted, 41–42; distortion of
radio waves by, 39; geographic
constraints of, 37, 40, 55; icing of,
36–37; impact of roadways for,
40; noise of, 36; scale of, 32–33;
shading effect of, 55; visual
impact of, 37–38
wind turbine syndrome, 36
win-win policy. See congruency
Woodrow Wilson Center, 160
work: flexibility, 240; future of, 332
workforce aging, 202, 205
work-spend cycle, 238
World Resources Institute, 108
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World Summit on Sustainable
Development, 201
Worldwatch Institute, 10, 51, 80
women’s rights: benefits of,
211–12; bicycling and, 278;
harmful practices, 215–16,
220–21; malnutrition and,
210; measuring success of,
210–11; physical violence, 210;
prioritizing individual rights,
211–13; property inheritance,
215–16; public service, 215–16;
requirements for improving,
213–14; online resources for, 350;
risks of dislocation, 210
Wright, Ronald, 193
yards and yard work, 268
The Yes Men, 345
youth marketing: adverse effects
of, 234–35, 248; attempts to ban,
247–48; bro-ing, 230; celebrity
endorsements in, 233–34;
comprehending bias of, 228;
elimination of, 246–50; and
exploitation, 232; gangsta, 231;
history of, 230; infiltration of,
230; intensification of, 228–33;
international comparisons of,
246–47, 248; neuromarketing,
232; and obesity, 228–29;
practitioner interviews, 233–34;
psychological effects of, 234–35,
248; resources, 351; and schools,
251; spying, 231; steps to ban,
249–50
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste
facility, 99
Zehner, Ozzie: childhood, 31;
power plant job, xvii–xviii; in
Amsterdam, 279; hybrid car
project, 142–43
Zipcar, 290
Žižek, Slavoj, 347
Zoellick, Robert, 63
zoning land use, 276–77
zoning reforms, 297–98, 299–300
Zubrin, Robert, 114, 117
Zwischenstadt, 269