Turning Off the Heat: Why America Must Double Energy Efficiency to Save Money and Reduce Global Warming
Author Info	Thomas R. Casten By Special Arrangement with Prometheus Books November, 1998
Details	"Climate change demands a new vision. One based on partnership between consumers, industry and government. Each has their part to play. Turning Off the Heat clearly demonstrates what needs to be done and how to do it. The challenge to the policy community is to implement its call to action." - David Green, Director, Combined Heat and Power Association, London UK Turning Off the Heat is one of the most valuable books to date on how we can begin to address the global climate crisis. With his hands-on management experience and his expertise in fuel-saving technologies, Casten outlines an effective and highly credible path to cutting our greenhouse emissions in half while adding wealth to the larger economy. Casten's book is a starting point for those of us who have passed the hand-wringing stage about the destabilization of our climate and are ready to take meaningful action to preserve our children's futures." - Ross Gelbspan, author of The Heat is On Global warming, the result of increasing carbon dioxide emissions from energy producers and users, has become a dangerous threat to humans. It threatens radical climate changes, severe storms and dramatic ecological havoc. While top scientists warn that changes in energy consumption to halt such pollution must be made soon, governments are slow to implement the needed reforms. Turning Off the Heat targets a main source of overuse of fossil fuels - the energy producers themselves who, through their government-approved monopolies, have led to energy inefficiency and needless pollution. A leading authority with 20 years of experience in the development and operation of energy conversions, Thomas R. Casten clearly explains that the United States and other nations of the world can, and must, double the efficiency of energy utilities. This efficiency improvement will lead to a reduction of electric prices by 30 to 40% and cut carbon dioxide emissions (a greenhouse gas) in half. Two-thirds of the fuel used to make U.S. electricity is wasted, resulting in higher energy prices and excess pollution. If market forces are unleashed and monopolies ended, competition will save money and fuel, Casten says. Turning Off the Heat is an essential volume for policy-makers, legislators, leaders in industry, environmentalists, and concerned citizens. Thomas R. Casten, founder and CEO of Trigen Energy Corp., has been a leading advocate for market-based solutions to environmental problems, and his 1997 report, "Barriers to Efficiency," was named best policy paper of the year by Common Purpose. He serves as an adviser to senior government leaders, and participated with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in the White House conference on global climate change.
Other Info	288 pp., 1998, ISBN 1-57392-269-2
Publication Price	$ 26.95 each
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