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About the Author

Greg Pahl is a 1967 graduate of the University of Vermont and a former Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. A full-time freelance journalist for many years, he has written extensively about the environment, consumer issues, business, and finance for numerous publications, including Vermont Magazine, the Vermont Times, Mother Earth News, The Champlain Business Journal, and many others. He is also the editor of a weekly arts and entertainment column in the Addison Independent.

In addition, Greg is the author of Biodiesel: Growing New Energy Economy(to be published in 2005 by Chelsea Green), The Unofficial Guide to Beating Debt (published in 2000 by IDG Books), and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Saving the Environment (published in 2001 by Macmillan/Alpha Books).

Pahl has been involved in environmental issues for more than 20 years. In the 1970s he lived “off the grid” in a home he built in Vermont, with a wind turbine atop an 80-foot steel tower that provided for his electrical needs. He has written about wind power, solar energy, electric cars, sustainable forestry management, and home building materials. He and his wife, Joy, live in Weybridge, Vermont.