Global Energy Innovation

Why America Must Lead

Woodrow W. Clark II, Grant Cooke (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

212 Seiten

2011
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-39721-9 (ISBN)

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The world is entering the Third Industrial Revolution, an era of remarkable progress in science and technology that will require a global shift away from reliance on fossil-fuel and carbon-based energy. This book explains how America can lead the effort to reverse global warming and become the world leader in global energy innovation.

America is trailing other parts of the developed world in terms of its development of—and commitment to—renewable energy. In Europe and Asia, sustainable communities, smart green grids, and emerging environmentally sound technologies are becoming common. The United States must move beyond the lethargy and defeatism of the 9/11 era, rediscover its ability to lead in technological inventiveness, and revitalize its economy via the creation of green jobs and sustainable, carbon-neutral communities. Because the lives of America's children and grandchildren are at stake, America must act quickly.

Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead explains why the emerging Third Industrial Revolution will become the largest social and economic megatrend of the post-modern era. With its comprehensive, up-to-date examination of renewable energy systems and related green technologies, this book represents a call-to-action that will benefit any reader, regardless of their status as a lay person, scholar, or scientist.

Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, PhD, is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the UN IPCC. He is an author, serial entrepreneur, and consultant on sustainable communities who teaches at universities in the United States, the EU, and China. Grant Cooke, MJ, is an award-winning journalist, college administrator, and a pioneer businessman in California's energy efficiency and energy renewable industries.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A New Carbonless and Sustainable Era Is at America's Doorstep
2. The Problem: Climate Change and Its Global Impact
3. Asia Leads the GIR: Japan and South Korea
4. Europe Joins the GIR
5. China Leapfrogs into the GIR
6. Sustainable Communities
7. Renewable Energy Integrated Systems
8. Smart Green Grids in the GIR
9. Emerging Commercial Technologies Empower the GIR
10. The Next Economics
11. The Race for Global Energy Innovation Has Begun: Where Is America?
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.11.2011
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	907 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-313-39721-X / 031339721X
ISBN-13	978-0-313-39721-9 / 9780313397219
Zustand	Neuware