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Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
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Title: Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
Author: Pahl, Greg
ISBN: 9781933392127
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2007
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
I 1604685
Publisher Description:
Global warming is for real, and getting worse faster than previously expected. The oil peak looms, and cheap petrol is a thing of the past. We face an energy crisis. This book tells you what you need to do to meet the challenge.The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook assesses the current energy situation and points toward a sustainable path forward. Greg Pahl examines renewable energy technologies currently available and homes in on strategies that can be adopted by individuals and, especially, communities. Such cooperative initiatives have been common in Europe for years and are beginning to gain a foothold in the USA because these medium-scale projects bring people together to create collective energy security for a neighbourhood, town, or region while strengthening the local economy.Each chapter focuses on a different renewable energy sector - solar, wind, water, biomass, liquid biofuels, and geothermal - then reviews their advantages and disadvantages and describes numerous examples of proven local initiatives. The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook is an eloquent appeal and a practical handbook for community and regional action to deal head-on with environmental challenges and to take responsibility for energy supplies now controlled by large, distant utilities and consortiums.
Author: Pahl, Greg
ISBN: 9781933392127
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2007
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
I 1604685
Publisher Description:
Global warming is for real, and getting worse faster than previously expected. The oil peak looms, and cheap petrol is a thing of the past. We face an energy crisis. This book tells you what you need to do to meet the challenge.The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook assesses the current energy situation and points toward a sustainable path forward. Greg Pahl examines renewable energy technologies currently available and homes in on strategies that can be adopted by individuals and, especially, communities. Such cooperative initiatives have been common in Europe for years and are beginning to gain a foothold in the USA because these medium-scale projects bring people together to create collective energy security for a neighbourhood, town, or region while strengthening the local economy.Each chapter focuses on a different renewable energy sector - solar, wind, water, biomass, liquid biofuels, and geothermal - then reviews their advantages and disadvantages and describes numerous examples of proven local initiatives. The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook is an eloquent appeal and a practical handbook for community and regional action to deal head-on with environmental challenges and to take responsibility for energy supplies now controlled by large, distant utilities and consortiums.
