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Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society

Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society

Trainer, Ted

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 9048173892
ISBN13: 9789048173891
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 19 2010
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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 on wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources argue that these are not able to meet present electricity demands, let alone future demands. Coverage also explains why it is not likely that there will ever be a hydrogen economy and why nuclear energy is not the answer. The book, however, does offer an answer: a transition to The Simpler Way, a society based on more simple, self-sufficient and cooperative ways, within a zero-growth economy. It outlines the role renewable energy might play in enabling such a society.

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