Includes index.

What goes up must come down -- Where our energy comes from and where it goes -- Electricity from the sun -- Harvesting the wind -- Soaking up geothermal energy -- Growing fuel -- Carbon capture and sequestration -- The nuclear option -- Forests -- Soil -- Population -- Less is more -- The super grid -- Changing the way we think -- The true cost of carbon -- Political obstacles -- The power of information -- Our choice.

The former vice president and author of such best-sellers as "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Earth in the Balance" presents a follow-up work to address key environmental issues while profiling and evaluating possible solutions.