Opinion: The power exists to save our planet

Albert Nerenberg, writing for the Montreal Gazette, states, “We have the technology. It’s here. Toronto-based engineer and venture capitalist Tom Rand has come out with what I’d call the most important book of the year. Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World is a flashy five-pound coffee table book available everywhere. Instead of photos of Renaissance art or horses, it features glossy spreads of giant solar farms, geothermal energy installations and state-of-the-art wind complexes. It’s weirdly beautiful. Not because geothermal energy installations are gorgeous. It’s thrilling to finally see so many potential solutions to the gravest and most intractable problems laid out so clearly. Rand makes the case that solar energy is making strides. He also says wind power is close, but that deep geothermal is the Holy Grail.”