Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Part 1 The Incubators

1 Stabilization Wedges 3

2 The LEAFHouse-Solar Power 9

3 The Power Mix-Wind & Waves 15

4 Biofuel: Paradigm for the Future 23

5 The Hydrogen Highway 33

6 Eco-Capitalists 41

Part 2 The Game Changers

7 The Environmental Power Players 53

8 The Nuclear Reactor in Our Backyard 61

9 The Grandchildren's Test 69

10 The Earth's Heat 75

11 Uncharted Waters 83

12 Here Comes the Sun 91

13 Wind Power-A Pioneering Technology 105

14 Save the Planet: Use More Trees 117

15 Not Your Father's Automobile 123

16 From Railroads to Rapid Transit 133

17 Green Buildings 141

Part 3 The Buck Starts Here

18 Top-Down or Bottom-Up? 151

19 The Moral Equivalent of War 159

20 Energy Star 163

21 Stewardship in the Twenty-First Century 169

22 Sustainable Systems 175

23 Texas: From Big Oil to Big Wind 181

24 Hawaii: The Ocean Provides 185

25 Austin: Think Globally, Act Locally 191

26 Portland: From Stumptown to Sustainable 195

27 Miami: Smart Growth 199

28 Where We Go from Here 203

Glossary 207

Bibliography 219

Index 277