The American Energy Fantasy

摘要

The power crisis in California-rolling black-outs, two huge utilities verging on bankruptcy—is a fitting commentary on U.S. "energy policy." We Americans want it all: endless and secure energy supplies; low prices; no pollution; less global warming; no new power plants (or oil and gas drilling, either) near people or pristine places. This is a wonderful wish list, whose only shortcoming is the minor inconvenience of massive inconsistency.