Stop Calling It Green is a short, free online book about energy framing: why solar, wind, batteries, and power lines keep getting treated like a political identity instead of ordinary infrastructure, and who benefits when that happens. It runs 11 chapters, about 15,000 words, and cites 146 sources.
Who wrote it
The author's name isn't printed on the chapters because the book isn't about the author. It's about the argument and whether the sources hold up. The project is open source on GitHub, so the authorship isn't hidden. It's just not the point.
It's self-funded and free. There is no donation link, no merch, no foundation, and no plan to turn this into an organization. The best way to help is to send it to someone who hears "green energy" and checks out before the facts arrive.
Why it exists
Mostly because I was frustrated and wanted to be able to say I tried. The goal isn't to recruit anyone into a new identity. It's to get skeptical Americans to apply their skepticism evenly, to the new machine and the old one.
A very specific hope sits behind it: get the argument into the rooms where people already say "follow the money." If a big podcast host reads it and starts pulling on the oil-lobby side of the story, the project has done its job.
How to check it
Every chapter lists its sources at the bottom of the page, and the links go to primary documents where they exist: the Energy Information Administration, the Department of Energy, FERC and NERC, the National Laboratory of the Rockies, Berkeley Lab, USDA, USGS, the International Energy Agency, Lazard, OpenSecrets, and the reporting and research named next to each claim. The video clips from Climate Town, Technology Connections, Hank Green, and Undecided with Matt Ferrell are part of the reading, not decoration.
Numbers were last re-checked in October 2026. If a figure has moved since, or you think a source is misread, open an issue. Corrections get folded in.
How it was made
The book was created with heavy AI assistance and human responsibility. The first version came together in about a day. This edition was rebuilt and re-checked against primary sources, with numbers updated through 2026. The model helped organize, draft, fact-check, and design the site. The sources still have to stand on their own.
Images
Chapter photos and documents are credited in their captions. The diagrams and figures are drawn for the book from the sources they cite.