NoNonsense: Renewable Energy

Clean, Fair, Democratic

Danny Chivers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2015
New Internationalist Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78026-243-7 (ISBN)

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Few people doubt the threat of climate change and the urgent need to conquer fossil fuel addiction. But can renewable sources of energy ever be sufficient to provide modern societies with a decent quality of life? This book is clear they can, covering all the latest technologies and a roadmap to powering the world, not just sustainably, but democratically. Part of a four-title relaunch of the NoNonsense series with new cover designs, layout and logo. The arguments over the science of climate change have (largely!) been won so now is the time to influence the discussion about the technology, economics and politics of the transition to a low-carbon world, and particularly in the runup to the Paris climate talks in December 2015. A key question this book addresses is how do we power the world not just sustainably but democratically. This angle hasn't been explored and is key to the climate justice debate. As divestment in fossil fuels is becoming a reality how can investment in renewables be managed. There is an opportunity for energy to be more fairly generated, managed, distributed and funded.
It also includes probably the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the technology for non-technical readers.

Danny Chivers is an environmental researcher advising NGOs on their carbon footprint. He is an activist in fossil fuel divestment campaigns working with a number of groups including 350.org and 38 Degrees. He is the author of The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, and a performance poet.

Chapters address Wind, Hydro, Geothermal and Ambient heat, Wave and Tidal, Fuel Crops, Energy from "waste" and Horizon technologies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2015
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 180 mm
Gewicht	154 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-78026-243-4 / 1780262434
ISBN-13	978-1-78026-243-7 / 9781780262437
Zustand	Neuware