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Thinking About Energy

Thinking About Energy

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 6630166132
ISBN13: 9786630166132
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How Societies Shape Their Energy FutureExecutive Summary*Thinking About Energy* proposes a different way of understanding the energy transition. Rather than reducing it to the replacement of fuels or the adoption of new technologies, the book argues that societies build energy architectures: systems in which primary sources, infrastructure, institutions, markets, regulation, knowledge, and capabilities work together to meet energy needs and evolve over time. From this perspective, the book develops a series of conceptual distinctions that reshape the traditional view of the sector. Electricity is not synonymous with all energy; an energy need exists prior to the demand that ultimately meets it; demand is not a completely given variable, but can also be designed; and a sustainable transition depends not only on available technologies, but also on the capabilities a society manages to accumulate to incorporate, operate, and sustain them. The book also introduces the idea of architectural learning.

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General Political Science