We're at the end of economic growth as we know it. Not everyone has realized this yet, but it has arrived nevertheless as I discussed in recent diaries [here and here].
As gas prices remain high and climate chaos becomes ever more apparent, people and institutions are rightly argue ever more insistently for a shift to alternative energy sources that are likely to be available for the long haul and that are less harmful to our environment.
However, these options are unlikely to deliver what we might expect - that is, they face generally ignored pitfalls.