Why We Struggle to Go Green (Paperback)

Thomas Manuel Ortiz

ISBN 10: 1965766285 / ISBN 13: 9781965766286

Published by Stoney Creek Publishing Group, 2025

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Paperback. Clean energy wont save us from the effects of climate change. Amid corporate Net Zero campaigns, the politics of the Green New Deal, and the calls to abandon fossil fuels for renewable technology or vice versa lies a troubling truth: No clean technological solutions can solve the problem of human-induced climate change. To find a credible path to a sustainable future, we must set aside hopes of building our way out of humanity's addictions to energy and material convenience. In Why We Struggle to Go Green, Tom Ortiz offers a clear-eyed assessment of our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. As a mechanical engineer who has traversed the conventional and renewable energy landscapes for 30 years, Ortiz provides an in-depth yet easy-to-understand assessment of the harsh reality facing mankind. Bridging the gap between academic research and journalism, Ortiz shows why there are no easy answers in the energy transition. Beginning with a general overview of human energy use and a summary of key physical constraints on energy and natural resource extraction, the book details five pillars of the transition: electrification, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, recycling, and carbon pricing. Ortiz concludes with recommendations for changes society can make that, while perhaps painful and controversial, will reduce our collective environmental impact and bequeath a more manageable legacy to future generations. Why We Struggle to Go Green cuts through the hype and rhetoric to offer something rare: climate change realism from someone whos spent decades looking for solutions. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why We Struggle to Go Green (Paperback)
• Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1965766285
• ISBN 13: 9781965766286
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Clean energy won’t save us from the effects of climate change.
 
Amid corporate Net Zero campaigns, the politics of the Green New Deal, and the calls to abandon fossil fuels for renewable technology — or vice versa — lies a troubling truth: No clean technological solutions can solve the problem of human-induced climate change.
 
To find a credible path to a sustainable future, we must set aside hopes of building our way out of humanity's addictions to energy and material convenience. In Why We Struggle to Go Green, Tom Ortiz offers a clear-eyed assessment of our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. As a mechanical engineer who has traversed the conventional and renewable energy landscapes for 30 years, Ortiz provides an in-depth yet easy-to-understand assessment of the harsh reality facing mankind.
 
Bridging the gap between academic research and journalism, Ortiz shows why there are no easy answers in the energy transition. Beginning with a general overview of human energy use and a summary of key physical constraints on energy and natural resource extraction, the book details five pillars of the transition: electrification, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, recycling, and carbon pricing. Ortiz concludes with recommendations for changes society can make that, while perhaps painful and controversial, will reduce our collective environmental impact and bequeath a more manageable legacy to future generations.

Why We Struggle to Go Green cuts through the hype and rhetoric to offer something rare: climate change realism from someone who’s spent decades looking for solutions.

 

About the Author

THOMAS MANUEL ORTIZ is an engineer with 30 years of diverse experience in energy, from hydrogen/solar cogeneration research and the use of recycled carbon dioxide as a net-zero refrigerant to oil and gas exploration, production and refining to offshore wind siting and carbon sequestration. Tom, author of the popular Substack newsletter Resource Realism, holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an M.B.A. in finance from Texas A&M University. He is also a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. He lives in Austin with his wife.