The energy imperative : 100 per cent renewable now / Hermann Scheer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheer, Hermann, 1944-2010., author.

Standardized Title:

Energethische Imperativ. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : EarthScan ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"For decades, Hermann Scheer was one of the world's leading proponents of renewable energy. In this, his last book before his death in 2010, he lays out his vision for a planet 100% powered by renewables and examines the fundamental ethical and economic imperatives for such a shift. And most importantly, he demonstrates why the time for this transition is now. In Scheer's view, talk of "bridging technologies" such as carbon capture and storage or nuclear energy - even (and perhaps especially) by environmentalists - is actively damaging the more the pressing agenda of the move to 100% renewable energy. Instead, he offers up examples of the technologies which are working (economically) today and details the policy and market conditions which would allow them to flourish. In 1993, Scheer's A Solar Manifesto laid the foundations for the road which has led to annual newly installed renewable capacity today rivalling that of conventional power sources. The Energy Imperative provides a practical, inspirational map for the next stage of the journey"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Taking stock

pt. 2. People, scope for creativity, and technologies for 100 per cent renewable energy.

Notes:

Translation of the work Der Energethische Imperativ.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-50223-8

1-283-44186-1

9786613441867

0-203-14414-7

1-136-50224-6

9780203144145

OCLC:

798531419