It is time policymakers recognize that despite the claims of renewable energy and efficiency hucksters, we do not have the technologies needed to significantly curb greenhouse gas emissions without causing massive economic disruption.

How can we best build U.S. resilience to the impact of global warming?

Real progress on climate policy will require many, many decades.

Even with major increases in efficiency and conservation efforts, the world must triple its energy supplies over the next forty years.

The president's decision to allow offshore oil drilling was seemingly based on a goal of energy independence, but energy independence is a silly economic misconception.

Geoengineering could be one of the very best ways of hedging against the larger risks and uncertainties that surround climate policy.

At this book forum Daniel B. Botkin discussed his book, "Powering the Future: A Scientist's Guide to Energy Independence" (FT Press April 2010).