Changing Energy: The Transition to a Sustainable Future
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0520287797
ISBN 13
9780520287792
Category
Main
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Publication Year
2017
Publisher
Pages
340
Subject
Energy consumption. Renewable energy sources. Fossil fuels.
Abstract
"Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must now rebuild their energy economies to rely as much as possible on renewable energy used efficiently. This imperative to change comes from the risks of climate change plus the dangers of geopolitical tensions, health and environmental effects, and the long-term prospects for ever depleting sources of today's energy sources. Changing Energy argues that sustainability of the benefits from energy services will come from investments made in the technologies of the fourth transition. Perkins envisions a viable post-fossil fuel energy economy and outlines the barriers that must be resolved to reach it"--Provided by publisher.
Biblio Notes
Perkins, J. H. (2017). Changing energy: The transition to a sustainable future. University of California Press.
Number of Copies
1
