Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781400066445 (1400066441)
Publish date: March 25th 2008
Publisher: Villard
Pages no: 210
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Environment,
Nature,
Sustainability,
Green,
Gardening
a 30-something nyc native who likes his technology settles into a ranch in NM and tries to minimize his carbon footprint by converting to a vegoil truck, raising goats, use solar and wind generated electricity, growing vegetables. Written humorously, but with a message too and a list of resources at...
I found this book both facile and deeply disturbing. Fine struck me as a whiny, yuppie with at best a half-assed commitment to the environment. I didn't like the tone, I didn't like the way he went about his alleged conversion, and I found most, if not all, of his conclusions completely flawed. I su...