Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01GD4XKA8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 406 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Our Renewable Future describes the reality: the transition is possible, but it won’t be easy.". "The future of renewable energy is obscured by ignorance, noise, ideology, and all sorts of misconceptions —from both cornucopians and catastrophists
The book concludes with a discussion of energy and equity and a summary of key lessons and steps forward at the individual, community, and national level.The transition to clean energy will not be a simple matter of replacing coal with wind power or oil with solar; it will require us to adapt our energy usage as dramatically as we adapt our energy sources. In their detailed review of each sector, the authors examine the most crucial challenges we face, from intermittency in fuel sources to energy storage and grid redesign. Our Renewable Future is a clear-eyed and urgent guide to this transformation that will be a crucial resource for policymakers and energy activists.. Driven by the need to aver
"Wind, solar etc are all good and necessary, butwe need to learn to live with less energy" according to K. F. Laux. A very carefully researched examination of what a complete transformation to renewable energy is likely to entail. The authors caution that we will need to emphasize energy efficiency and learn to do with less, and that we will need to avoid a number of potential pitfalls on the way to a 100% sustainable society.The book begins by walking the reader through the basics of energy and power, and explains such concepts as EROEI and embodied energy, before turning to the different characteristics of various energy sources and such pr. This is the best book yet from Richard Heinberg This is, by far, the best book yet from Richard Heinberg. It is also the most technical in content, consistent with his co-author’s background. But please don’t let that deter you from reading this book. It is quite up to date with many references from 2015.The first two parts of this book, understanding energy and our current energy use, followed by renewable energy in a largely fossil fuel-free world, is a much more detailed report than attempted in a short book I wrote in 201This is the best book yet from Richard Heinberg Loren F. Stokes This is, by far, the best book yet from Richard Heinberg. It is also the most technical in content, consistent with his co-author’s background. But please don’t let that deter you from reading this book. It is quite up to date with many references from 2015.The first two parts of this book, understanding energy and our current energy use, followed by renewable energy in a largely fossil fuel-free world, is a much more detailed report than attempted in a short book I wrote in 2014. For example, a rapid scale up of win. . For example, a rapid scale up of win. Dann Kramer said The book is pretty technical and probably not for the casual reader. This is an incredibly well researched book. It covers just about every aspect of renewable energy, climate change, energy in general, and how they interact with one another. It lays bare the incredible challenges that lie ahead for the U.S. and the world in terms of changing the energy paradigm. But it does lay out a path. The book is pretty technical and probably not for the casual reader, but scientists and researchers will find in valuable. I am an engineer, and I found some of the technical information very interesting. Howe