I am continually amazed how many people write about a subject with certainty that they know what they are talking about who are ignorant of it. Writers that do not understand the crucial role of energy conservation offsetting production have no business writing about energy. Given that energy production is contributing to climate change, there is a plethora of such authors these days. They emphasize the switch to renewable energy production to replace fossil fuels. Energy production pollutes on a vastly greater scale than does energy conservation. Energy conservation, both through changes in human behavior and the built environment, should be the emphasis. The problem is that energy production enables capitalists to accumulate capital, whereas energy conservation does not.