Changing Energy

The Transition to a Sustainable Future

AvJohn H. Perkins

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:340
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520287792

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John H. Perkins is Professor Emeritus at The Evergreen State College, where he taught environmental and energy studies between 1980 and 2009 plus directed the Graduate Program on the Environment between 1999 and 2005. He is a Senior Fellow with the National Council for Science and the Environment as well as Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War and Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis: The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies.

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PrefacePrologue1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World2. Energy and Energy Services3. Energy and the Modern State4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency5. Energy Systems6. Climate Change7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources11. Barriers and ChallengesEpilogueAppendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and PowerAppendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and FissionNotesGlossaryIndex