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He hears--sometimes explicitly and sometimes as an undertone--that once the engines of industry are...
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He hears--sometimes explicitly and sometimes as an undertone--that once the engines of industry are decoupled from fossil fuel--a mere technical fix--the environmental problem will be solved. That is a serious misreading of the crisis, says Northcott (ethics, U. of Edinburgh), because global warming is the symptom of the problem not its cause. Among his perspectives as a priest and an ethicist are energy and empire, ethical emissions, mobility and pilgrimage, and faithful feasting. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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