Thomas Manuel Ortiz

Why We Struggle to Go Green is Thomas Manuel Ortiz’s assessment of the clean energy transition, written by a mechanical engineer with thirty years across conventional and renewable energy. His argument is that no technological fix solves human-induced climate change on its own, and that a credible path requires giving up the hope of building our way out.  The rhetoric and politics around climate change obscures a troubling truth: Clean energy technologies alone cannot solve the problem of human-induced climate change.

Why We Struggle to Go Green offers a clear-eyed assessment of our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change from a mechanical engineer who’s spent 30 years looking for solutions.