264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the decade since the 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janiero, the response of the world's governments and authorities to the threats to the global environment has been to enforce the reduction of energy consumption and harmful emissions - solutions primarily based around conventional energy resources and conventional thinking. The question is, though, whether this strategy is radical enough to... Read more
* Introduction * The Industrial Revolution * Solar Energy * Are there Alternatives to a Global Solar Strategy? * The Potential for and the Keys to a Solar Strategy * Solar Energy's Economic and Social Benefits * The Nonsense about an Energy Consensus* Return to the Sun * The Entropy Tax * From a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to a Solar Proliferation Treaty * The Energy of the People * Notes *
Biography
Hermann Scheer is a member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) and President of EUROSOLAR, the European organization for renewable energies. In a career devoted to the replacement of nuclear and fossil fuels with environmentally sound energy sources, Dr Scheer has received numerous awards, including the World Solar Prize and the Alternative Nobel Prize
'A monumental and breathtaking achievement! It is a visionary masterpiece, a thoughtful and well-reasoned polemic, and a handbook for a new age' Neville Williams, President of the Solar Electric Light Fund, USA 'Scheer's rhetoric could ignite the positive enthusiasm of a new generation' Renew 'Scheer genius' Frank Cook, MP, UK
