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Title: ENERGY TRANSITIONS
GLOBAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 2ND EDITION
By: Vaclav Smil
Format: Hardback

List price: £58.00
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ISBN 10: 144085324X
ISBN 13: 9781440853241
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Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Pub. date: 5 December, 2016
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 282
Synopsis: This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in energy production technology and implementation, and an explanation of why efforts to limit global warming and to shift away from fossil fuels have been gradual.* Presents historical coverage of energy production, energy use, and key technical and economic factors that affect the currently unfolding transitions* Offers insightful analysis of energy transitions on both the national and global scale to explain the possibilities and limitations of the process* Supplies a critical appraisal of new renewable conversions that makes clear their advantages and potential benefits as well as their inherent unavoidable limitations* Enables general readers to gain an in-depth understanding of energy transitions from the perspective of an acclaimed scientist with expertise in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, technical innovation, and public policy
Publication: US
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Returns: Non-returnable
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