The Sierra Club Bulletin
“Many books about energy are technical and turgid. This is too bad, because the subject is intrinsically interesting and of crucial importance. The Solar Cat Book...is a rare work: informative and funny.”

The New York Times Book Review
“...deftly combines two of the year’s trendiest topics...There are some delightful take-offs on the pompous, befuddling pronouncements social planners are wont to make.”

The Los Angeles Times
“A Kilbanesque flight of fancy, offering some sly pro-solar propaganda along the way...we learn about the similarities between cats and solar collectors; we learn about the insulating value of fur; and pretty soon we learn that “The Solar Cat Book” is as much about solar energy as it is about cats. The joke is on us - but it is a pleasant joke, a wry and witty joke, and a gently instructive joke, too.”

Solar Age Magazine
“...pokes fun at all that’s sacred to technicians, designers and bureaucrats in the profession... The sneaky (and delightful) element in this book is how well Augustyn manages to explain the basics of solar energy.”

Not Man Apart
“If you are both a cat freak and a solar freak, enjoy marvelously silly puns...and have yearned for environmental writers with the bite of Ambrose Bierce...then this is a book to delight you.”

Science News
‘. .. A delightful way to learn some of the principles...of solar energy.’ -

Harrowsmith Magazine
‘.. · a mixture of whimsy and acerbic commentary (and) the first really humorous book to come out of the (renewable) energy movement. ...A fine parody on solar handbooks and perhaps the only book that might find a market among both pro-nuclear and soft technology buffs.”

Sunworld
“...a delightful and humorous mixture of fact and fantasy. Solar energy principles are well thought out and carefully stated...Cat lovers will and even dog lovers may find the Solar Cat Book to be a painless introduction to solar energy technology and architecture.” -

Sun Times
“This can only be a sign of the advancing solar age... How else can one explain the enivitable linkage of two classic literary themes; two schools of fanatic extremists can now be one! Coyly mixing cat humor with solar politics, author Jim Augustyn compares the advanced state of cat solar use to the elementary level of human solar development -

Alternative Sources of Energy
“Kids and adults alike will have a lot of fun with this book.” -

In Print - Christine Small
“it is encouraging to see that the solar energy field has progressed to the point it can afford a chuckle at its own expense.”

Rain
“This book manages to convey basic solar technology, a dose of “soft path” economic values and some astute lessons in participatory government in one happy little package. No small feat!” -

Canadian Renewable Energy News
“...not just a charming bit of whimsy. It contains information as well as laughs...In each case a concise description of the technology is followed by a bit of fantasy relating it to cats...a delightful combination of fantasy and reality, It is encouraging to see that the solar energy field has progressed to the point at which it can afford a chuckle at its own expense...for the solar zealot...it’s the cat’s meow.”

Solar Today Magazine
"...captures the heart of the renewable energy and environmental movements in a way that is amusing as well as truthful. Solar cat explanations are educational and entertaining."

Centre for Appropriate Technology, London, England, U.K.
"A highly entertaining way of learning about solar energy . . . "

Green Building News
Using wit, sarcasm, and a healthy dose of irreverence, Augustyn compares cats' innate appreciation for the sun to our own more convoluted attempts to use solar energy.

Jim Burns Cinemabooks.org
"This whimsical look at a usually dead-serious subject (solar energy, not cats) allows the information to sneak in under the 'I can't learn that' radar. Cat lovers will especially enjoy the book, but non-cat lovers can also appreciate its charming approach to the subject. My four cats give it sixteen paws up. I give it two thumbs!"

Real Goods
"A delightful, lavishly illustrated, highly amusing and super educational romp through the basics of solar energy, using that most perfect of solar collectors, the common cat. Pokes fun at all that's sacred to technicians, engineers, and bureaucrats, while doing a charming non-technical job of explaining how solar tech-nology works. Adults and children will both enjoy this book. This is an extensive update of the 1980 classic . . ."

Builder's Booksource, Berkeley California
"Squeak, our store cat, was putting the basic theory of this new book to work this morning, lying in the sun putting solar energy to the best use possible (at least for her). A wonderful primer to the burgeoning interest in using solar energy...for everyone, even if you don't particularly care for cats!"

Neila Tilman, Regular person, Lansing Michigan
"This is absolutely the funniest book I have ever read... it's not often that something makes me laugh out loud uncontrollably in public. More than just being funny, it has an incredible amount of accurate, factual information about both cats and solar energy. Thank you for writing it!"

Glen Friedman, 2004 National Solar Energy Conference Organizer
"...great job, Jim. Well done!"

Chuck Whitacker, CEO Endecon Corporation
"For those who don't know much about solar energy, and especially for those who do!”

Dr. Moira Gunn, host & producer, TechNation“
You don't have to like cats to appreciate how much they can teach us about solar energy.”