Books by Greg Pahl

  • Biodiesel

  • Growing a New Energy Economy
  • Greg Pahl
  • paperback
  • The world, quite simply, is running out of oil. We need a solution now, one that will pave the way to a saner, more sustainable energy future without massive reinvestments in infrastructure and technology transfer. We need Biodiesel.

  • Natural Home Heating

  • The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options
  • Greg Pahl
  • Paperback
  • The first comprehensive guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources.

  • The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook

  • Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
  • Greg Pahl; Foreword by Richard Heinberg
  • Paperback
  • The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook is a clear-eyed view of the critical situation of oil depletion we face and offers a way out.

Chelsea Green Author Greg Pahl

Greg Pahl

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 feature articles for numerous publications, including Vermont Magazine, the Vermont Times, Mother Earth News, The Champlain Business Journal, and many others.

In addition, Greg is the author of The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis (2007, Chelsea Green), Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy (2005, Chelsea Green), Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guild to Renewable Energy Options (2003, Chelsea Green), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Saving the Environment (2001, Macmillan/Alpha Books), and The Unofficial Guide to Beating Debt (2000, IDG Books).

Greg has been involved in environmental issues for more than 25 years. In the 1970s he lived “off the grid” in a home in Vermont with a wind turbine atop an 80-foot steel tower that provided for his electrical needs. He is a founding member of the Vermont Biofuels Association as well as the Addison County Relocalization Network (ACoRN). He has written about solar energy, wind power, water power, solid biomass, biodiesel, ethanol, geothermal energy, wood heat, heat pumps, electric cars, sustainable forestry management, “green” home building materials, as well as individual and community strategies for living in a post-fossil fuel economy.