Attempts at Humorous, Self-Deprecating Remarks on Renewable Energy Books

At last year’s 35th reunion of my college class, I accepted the job of the co-class secretary, meaning that I took on the responsibility of encouraging my classmates to submit entries for publication in the school newspaper.  Insofar as I was asked to serve in this position, I feel obligated to send my own stuff along as well, and I thought readers may be interested in some of these submissions.

• As your co-class secretary, I have the lugubrious duty to report that copies of my third book on clean energy, “Renewable Energy – Following the Money,” aren’t exactly flying off bookstores’ shelves.  Maybe it’s because I insist on using words that have essentially disappeared from our language, like “lugubrious.”  In any case, I enjoyed the project immensely, and I certainly learned a lot.  Also, who knows?  Oprah could call any minute and turn this whole thing around for me. 

• I published my third book (“Renewable Energy – Following the Money”) last September.  The royalties are coming in so fast and hard that I should be able to help with the tuition for my grandchildren’s college education – just as long as they’re willing to wait until they’re 60 or 65 years old before they apply. 

• My second book on clean energy (“Is Renewable Really Doable?”) was published earlier this year.  That and a quarter will buy me a cup of coffee, as they say, but the whole process is richly rewarding.  In fact, I encourage all of you to write a book or two if you haven’t already done so; it’s good for the soul.  I also invite those interested in sustainability to check out 2GreenEnergy.com; I try to keep readers up to date on the technological, the economic, and the political aspects of one of mankind’s thorniest challenges.