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Power : Limits and Prospects for Human Survival.
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ISBN: 1550927612 Year: 2021 Publisher: Gabriola Island : New Society Publishers, Limited,

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"Power traces how humans have come to overpower the earth's natural systems and to oppress one another, with catastrophic consequences. We must rapidly re-learn the lessons of power self-limitation rooted in evolution and human history if we are to stave off ecological and social collapse and enjoy a thriving future."--


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Our renewable future
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ISBN: 9781610917803 1610917804 9781610918312 1610918312 9781610917797 1610917790 Year: 2016 Publisher: Washington, DC

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The next few decades will see a profound energy transformation throughout the world. By the end of the century (and perhaps sooner), we will shift from fossil fuel dependence to rely primarily on renewable sources like solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal power. Driven by the need to avert catastrophic climate change and by the depletion of easily accessible oil, coal, and natural gas, this transformation will entail a major shift in how we live. What might a 100% renewable future look like? Which technologies will play a crucial role in our energy future? What challenges will we face in this transition? And how can we make sure our new system is just and equitable? This volume explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of our current energy system, the authors survey issues of energy supply and demand in key sectors of the economy, including electricity generation, transportation, buildings, and manufacturing. In their detailed review of each sector, the authors examine the most crucial challenges we face, from intermittency in fuel sources to energy storage and grid redesign. The book concludes with a discussion of energy and equity and a summary of key lessons and steps forward at the individual, community, and national level. The transition to clean energy will not be a simple matter of replacing coal with wind power or oil with solar; it will require us to adapt our energy usage as dramatically as we adapt our energy sources. This book is a clear-eyed and urgent guide to this transformation that will be a crucial resource for policymakers and energy activists.

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Meteorology. Climatology --- Relation between energy and economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Production management --- biomassa --- energiemanagement (economie) --- alternatieve energie --- environment --- duurzame energie --- energie-economie --- hernieuwbare energie --- industrie --- milieuproblematiek --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- klimaatverandering --- broeikaseffect --- Renewable energy sources --- Energy policy --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Government policy --- Sustainable development. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Climate change. --- Sustainable Development. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Global environmental change --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Clean energy. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Renewable resource integration.


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Einde aan de groei : ons aanpassen aan de nieuwe economische realiteit.
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ISBN: 9789062245079 Year: 2011 Volume: *2 Publisher: Utrecht Jan van Arkel

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Begrijpen we de huidige crisis? Hebben de internationale instellingen er wel een oplossing voor? Als je Einde aan de groei leest, begrijp je wat er schort aan de opvattingen van de leidende economen. De diagnose van dit boek is diepgaand. De crisis is niet louter financieel. De goedkope olie is op. Prijzen van voedsel en grondstoffen zullen blijven stijgen. Particulieren en staten hebben geprobeerd zich hier uit te lenen, maar nu valt de realiteit niet langer te ontkennen. De wereldeconomie staat voor een keerpunt. Heinberg beschrijft gedetailleerd waarom groei niet door kán gaan, gegeven de uitputting van grondstoffen, de aantasting van natuur en milieu en de torenhoge schulden. Hij gaat uitvoerig in op het vraagstuk van peak-oil en grondstoffentekorten, de beperkte mogelijkheden van innovatie en de kwetsbaarheid van het Chinese groei-wonder. Het boek vertelt ook wat overheden, buurten en individuen kunnen doen om een economie op te zetten die wel binnen het aardse budget blijft. Geïnspireerd door bewegingen als Transition Towns en Urgenda adviseert Heinberg om lokaal het weerstandsvermogen tegen economische schokken te vergroten. We kúnnen bloeien in transitie als we het menselijk welzijn en een duurzame samenleving vooropstellen.

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