The great transition : shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy
Title:
The great transition : shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy
Author:
Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- , author.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
xiv, 178 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
Examines the rise of a new global energy economy moving away from coal and oil, and toward solar and wind power, as costs for those technologies continue to drop.
Language:
English
Contents:
Changing direction -- The rise and fall of oil -- Closing coal plants -- Nuclear power in decline -- The solar revolution -- The age of wind -- Tapping the Earth's heat -- Hydropower : past and future -- The accelerating transition.
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ISBN:
9780393350555
Format :
Book
