The Oil Drum

One of the benefits of flying around the country for a couple of weeks has been the chance to finish the odd book, and given the current subjects of the site, it is time to toss one of them into the fray.  Mark Jaccard has recently written "Sustainable Fossil Fuels, the Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy." To give you a taste of his credentials, apart from being a Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,

Dr. Jaccard is responsible for the Canadian Industrial Energy Efficiency Data and Analysis Centre, funded by the Canadian government and other agencies. The centre is directed by Dr. John Nyboer, University Research Associate, who collaborates in research, supervision and advisory work. Dr. Jaccard has chaired the B.C. Utilities Commission (92-97), served on the IPCC (93-96), and served on the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (96-2003).

I had therefore been looking forward to reading his book since it was first publicized (it came out at the end of December).  It was, unfortunately, a bit harder to read and follow than I had hoped (despite the fact that it comes with it's own student's abbreviated version at the back).