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Renewable energy cannot sustain a consumer society / by Ted Trainer.
LIBRA TJ808 .T735 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trainer, F. E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources--Social aspects.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Sustainable development.
- Consumers--Attitudes.
- Consumers.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 197 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht [] ; [London] : Springer, 2007.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781402055485
- 140205548X
- 1402055498
- 9781402055492
- OCLC:
- 74968073
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