The Coming Energy Revolution

Author : Jeane Manning
Publisher : Avery
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coming Energy Revolution written by Jeane Manning and published by Avery. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a new and exciting revolution coming. It will dramatically change our landscape, our environment, our economy, and our lives. It will provide each and every one of us with a truly unique sense of independence. It will mark the end of oil-influenced politics, and the beginning of a bright new millennium - a time in which we all will have our own unlimited sources of nonpolluting energy. However, it will not come without a struggle, as history has already shown. The Coming Energy Revolution provides us with an intriguing and insightful look at the forces behind the free-energy movement. The Coming Energy Revolution introduces us to some of the inventors, both past and present, who have insisted that we are surrounded by a sea of energy that we can tap once we have learned nature's secrets. Conventional science says that space is cold and still, and that what energy does exist cannot be put to useful work. The new-energy innovators say that conventional science is wrong, and that new-energy research is being suppressed by a combination of scientific inertia and corporate self-interest. But the suppression cannot last, as this book shows - there are simply too many inventors who are close to new-energy breakthroughs. The Coming Energy Revolution examines the technologies on which these inventors are working. There are magnets that can redirect the energy of space. There is a gentler form of nuclear energy that can take place on a table top. There is hydrogen, a clean, abundant fuel that can be produced wherever needed. There is a form of hydropower that does not rely on massive dams. And there are other forms of new energy. The Coming Energy Revolution looks at them all, and at thekinds of changes that will be needed to overcome the roadblocks between our old-energy present and our new-energy future.

Author : Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466893745
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power to the People written by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of a revolution in the making that promises to change our lives Global warming, rolling black outs, massive tanker spills, oil dependence: our profligate ways have doomed us to suffer such tragedies, right? Perhaps, but Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the energy and environment correspondent for The Economist, sees great opportunity in the energy realm today, and Power to the People is his fiercely independent and irresistibly entertaining look at the economic, political, and technological forces that are reshaping the world's management of energy resources. In it, he documents an energy revolution already underway--a revolution as radical as the communications revolution of the past decades. From the corporate boardroom of a Texas oil titan who denies the reality of global warming to a think tank nestled in the Rocky Mountains where a visionary named Amory Lovins is developing the kind of hydrogen fuel-cell technology that could make the internal combustion engine obsolete, Vaitheeswaran gamely pursues the people who hold the keys to our future. Man's quest for energy is insatiable. It is also essential. By avoiding the traditional binaries that pit free markets against the wisdom of conservation and the need for clean energy, Power to the People is a book that debunks myths without debunking hope.

Author : Christopher Flavin
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393311990
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power Surge written by Christopher Flavin and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at developments in renewable energy sources, discusses the role of energy in society, and speculates on future energy developments

Author : Howard Geller
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910664
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Revolution written by Howard Geller and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation from a carbon-based world economy to one based on high efficiency and renewables is a necessary step if human society is to achieve sustainability. But while scientists and researchers have made significant advances in energy efficiency and renewable technologies in recent years, consumers have yet to see dramatic changes in the marketplace—due in large part to government policies and programs that favor the use of fossil fuels. Energy Revolution examines the policy options for mitigating or removing the entrenched advantages held by fossil fuels and speeding the transition to a more sustainable energy future, one based on improved efficiency and a shift to renewable sources such as solar, wind, and bioenergy. The book: examines today's energy patterns and trends and their consequences describes the barriers to a more sustainable energy future and how those barriers can be overcome provides ten case studies of integrated strategies that have been effective in different parts of the world examines international policies and institutions and recommends ways they could be improved reviews global trends that suggest that the transition to renewables and increased efficiency is underway and is achievable Energy policy represents a linchpin for achieving a broader transition to a more sustainable economy. Energy Revolution offers a unique focus on policies and programs, and on the lessons provided by recent experience. It represents a key statement of the available options for reforming energy policy that have proven to be successful, and is an essential work for policymakers, researchers, and anyone concerned with energy and sustainability issues.

Author : Erwan Saouter
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031513320
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All You Need to Know About the Next Energy Revolution written by Erwan Saouter and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandeep Pai
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 177160249X
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Total Transition written by Sandeep Pai and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of a Canadian and Indian couple, Savannah and Sandeep, as they travel the world to capture the human side of one of the biggest energy transitions of our times - the global shift from fossil fuels to renewables. In this exciting and provocative new book, readers are taken into the homes of the coal miners who live and work in Jharia, a town in India that has been on fire for the past 100 years due to poor coal mining practices. Life in Jharia is a version of Dante's inferno - 700,000 people live in the most unimaginable conditions. Yet even though residents of Jharia say they are dying slowly every day, they also say they'll never leave. Almost 11,000 kilometres away, in the Canadian oil sands, workers and indigenous people similarly describe their complex relationship with the industry that employs them. Although fossil fuel extraction is harming the environment and impacting people's way of life in the oil sands region, a much-needed shift to renewable energy could also leave communities without their livelihoods. Written in the form of a travelogue, Total Transition provides a whirlwind look at the global growth of renewable energy - highlighting exciting developments in solar and wind energy in Canada, India, Africa and Europe, and discussing hurdles standing in the way of a total transition. Energy experts and leaders of innovative renewable energy projects share hope and optimism about the future of fossil fuel workers and their communities in an increasingly renewable world.

Author : Christopher Flavin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853832055
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power Surge written by Christopher Flavin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world economy stands poised to shift away from crude oil and environmentally-damaging coal. The authors of this work describe the rapid move to decentralized and efficient energy systems - a move encouraged by new investment opportunities, environmental demands and the need to stabilize the world's climate. The text explores the changes ahead: electric cars; wind power and solar-powered generators; fuel cells that allow the generation of personal electricity supplies; and the emergence of hydrogen as the world's main energy source.

Author : M. M. Eboch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1543569323
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geothermal Energy written by M. M. Eboch and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geothermal energy makes use of the energy already present within the earth. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularity. Readers will learn how it is harnessed, how it compares to other forms of energy, and how they may get involved in this exciting growing field some day. Get ready for an Energy Revolution!

Author : Howard Johns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781856231978
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Revolution written by Howard Johns and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We need a global energy revolution. In developed nations we are wasting massive quantities of energy providing heat and light to our homes and businesses while one and a half billion people have no access to electricity at all. The existing central-power-station model is based on old technology that spews carbon, energy, and money straight up the chimney. Energy Revolution shows us how we can change all of this. Telling stories from around the world of the change that's already happening and drawing on two decades of his own unique experience, Howard Johns demonstrates how we can develop our own renewable-energy projects to provide local energy and create a new fleet of businesses. He shows us how communities can build local energy solutions--renewable-power stations that will be a new form of building society where we come together to develop, finance, and construct the infrastructure that we and future generations so desperately need. Howard Johns explains how to design, set up, and fund community energy systems, citing examples from countries that already have cut the amount of energy they use and supply their needs from renewable energy. These new systems will create new jobs and businesses, reduce energy imports, and create new local-investment models. This handbook contains the map we need to change the system from the bottom up and make the next great leap forward to achieving clean, affordable energy. It covers everything needed to structure your community power company--the technology, site assessment, legal and business planning, fundraising and financial modeling, and putting people at the heart of your strategy. It's time to take control, re-localize, reduce costs and carbon emissions, and join the energy revolution.

Author : Jeane Manning
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525549669
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Energy written by Jeane Manning and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREE THE ENERGY FOR A BETTER WORLD Hidden Energy readies you for humankind’s next leap—tapping into an abundance of truly clean power, the ultimate renewable. Making the leap is more about mindsets and a consciousness shift than technology. Inspired by seeing their connection to nature and the cosmos, scientists and inventors are making breakthroughs. Help decide who benefits—amoral corporations or your family, communities and the environment.