Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution

Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-Petrol World

Abramsky, Kolya

Abramsky, Kolya / Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution
Format: Book - Paperback
Released: Sun 1 Aug 2010
Catalogue Number: 0008323772

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As the earth's carrying capacity continues to be stressed, the question of renewable energies is no longer "whether," but "when" and "by whom." Climate change and peak oil have hit the mainstream. Kolya Abramsky's collection maps the world's energy sector and shows how addressing these challenges necessitates an analysis of our economic priorities. Solutions must include massive shifts in our use of technologies and, most importantly, a democratization of the economic landscape based on broad new coalitions. With four distinct sections--Oil Makes the World Go 'Round; From Petrol to Renewable Energies; Struggle Over Choice of Energy Sources and Technologies; and Possible Futures--and over fifty essays from approximately twenty countries, there's nothing like "Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution" to address our global energy crisis. The different chapters bring together a wealth of organizational and analytical experience from across the different branches of the energy sector, both conventional and renewable. Contributors include the following organizations and individuals: China Labour Bulletin (Hong Kong/China), Energy Watch Group (Germany), Focus on the Global South (Thailand), Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development (India), Public Services International Research Unit (United Kingdom), World Information Service on Energy (Netherlands), Preben Maegaard, and Hermann Scheer. Kolya Abramsky is a former secretariat of the World Wind Energy Institute, based in Denmark, a pioneering country in renewable energy. He is currently a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in Austria, and is pursuing a PhD in sociology at State University of New York, Binghamton.

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  • Publisher: CONSORTIUM BOOK SALES & DIST
  • Academic Level: General Adult
  • Depth (m): 0.045
  • Dewey: 363
  • Height (m): 0.229
  • Pages: 480
  • Place Of Publication: Great Britain/British Isles
  • Published Date: Sat 1 May 2010
  • Weight (g): 936
  • Width (m): 0.154

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