THE ANSWER IN YOUR SINK

摘要

I RECENTLY MOVED with my family from an apartment in the city to a house (well, a townhouse anyway, still in the city). In the process I acquired two things that relate, in one case quite unexpectedly, to this, our special is sue on the future of energy. The first—a greatly increased gas and electricity bill—was easy to anticipate, though not with relish. The other was a delightful surprise, and something, as a New York City dweller, I had never imagined I'd own: a garbage-disposal in my kitchen sink.