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Surveys the rapidly growing field of green energy, including security of supplies, transport systems, ownership, etc. Dave Elliott establishes the basic sustainable energy options. However, his main aim is to look at potential problems ahead in the short, medium and long term, and deal with the counter-arguments. He looks at the UK wind farm issue and at some other examples, including the problems facing hydro power and waste combustion. The medium term example concerns a sustainable transport policy: whether we can develop a green energy system to meet that demand as well. The final example concerns the longer term limits of the sustainable energy approach: whether it is possible to use renewable sources to sutain economic growth indefinitely.
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| Author | David Elliott |
|---|---|
| Short title | A Solar World |
| Long title | A Solar World |
| Publisher | Green Books |
| Page count | 96 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 190399831X |
| ISBN-13 | 978903998311 |
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- an absorbing and useful update on renewable energy Review by Patrick Whitefield, author of the Earth Care Manual, review in Permaculture magazine
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This is an absorbing and useful update on renewable energy, but in fact it goes a great deal further than that. It's also one of the rare books to have the guts to address the central problem of sustainability.Review
The main part of the book looks at the available technology and its development. From time to time we come across bits and pieces about various technologies: wave power, photovoltaics, combined heat and power; or other more general issues, such as the problem of intermittent power supply from weather-based renewables like sun and wind, or people's objections to wind power on aesthetic grounds. This book pulls them all together and gives us an overview of the state of the art, the state of play and the future prospects - inlcuding the huge question of how we can turn transport over to renewables. The political and social aspects are fully integrated with the practical aspects which relate directly to the technology.
David Elliot turns what would have been a very useful little book into a brilliant one. (Posted on 02/08/2010)
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