Green Illusions : The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism /

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We don't have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what's wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem. Though we generally believe we can solve environmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zehner, Ozzie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Renewable energy sources.
Environmentalism.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Alternative & Renewable.
Énergies renouvelables > États-Unis.
Environmentalism > United States.
Renewable energy sources > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Seductive futures. Solar cells and other fairy tales
  • Wind power's flurry of limitations
  • Biofuels and the politics of big corn
  • The nuclear-military-industrial risk complex
  • The hydrogen zombie
  • Conjuring clean coal
  • Hydropower, hybrids, and other hydras
  • II. From here to there. The alternative-energy fetish
  • The first step
  • III. The future of environmentalism. Women's rights
  • Improving consumption
  • The architecture of community
  • Efficiency culture
  • Asking questions
  • Epilogue: A grander narrative?

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