Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society

It is widely assumed that our consumer society can move from using fossil fuels to using renewable energy sources while maintaining the high levels of energy use to which we have become accustomed. This book details the reasons why this almost unquestioned assumption is seriously mistaken. Chapters...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Trainer, Ted (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Environment.
Renewable energy sources.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Electric power production.
Social policy.
Environmental Sciences.
Renewable Energy.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Electrical Power Engineering.
Mechanical Power Engineering.
Social Policy.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Context
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Thermal Electricity
  • Photovoltaic Solar Electricity
  • Liquid and Gaseous Fuels Derived from Biomass
  • The "Hydrogen Economy"
  • Storing Electricity
  • Conclusions on the Potential and the Limits
  • Why Nuclear Energy is not the Answer
  • The Wider Context: Our Sustainability and Justice Predicament
  • The Simpler Way.

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