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Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism

By Ozzie Zehner

Book information

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2012
ISBN
0803237758, 9780803237759
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7145985 bytes)
Series
Our Sustainable Future
Pages
464\462
Topic
Technique Energy
Library
AvaxHome
Time added
2013-04-17 22:17:53
Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Альтернативная эн

Description

We don’t have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what’s wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem. Though we generally believe we can solve environmental problems with more energy—more solar cells, wind turbines, and biofuels—alternative technologies come with their own side effects and limitations. How, for instance, do solar cells cause harm? Why can’t engineers solve wind power’s biggest obstacle? Why won’t contraception solve the problem of overpopulation lying at the heart of our concerns about energy, and what will?

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