The Future of Energy
eBook - ePub

The Future of Energy

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Future of Energy

About this book

Coal, oil and gas provide four-fifths of the energy that powers our modern world. But continuing to burn them will mean wrecking the only planet we have. Is there a way out?In The Future of Energy, journalist and analyst Richard Black argues that there is, and that the transition to a clean energy world is already underway. He shows that with just five key technologies we can replace the burning of fossil fuels almost entirely, as quickly as society decides.Doing so will do much more than halt climate change. The transition will bring cheaper energy, cleaner air and more jobs. It will remove some of the factors behind oppression, injustice and conflict. And it is supported by an overwhelming majority of the world's population. This may not be the story of energy that you hear most about from politicians, business leaders and journalists, but it is the one that matters.

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Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Counsels of Hope
  5. Five Key Elements
  6. Cheaper, Faster, Kinder
  7. Businesses Behaving Badly
  8. Delta Blues
  9. The Joy of Flex
  10. Confusion Monkeys
  11. Winners, Losers and the Need for Speed
  12. Don’t Sweat the Simple Stuff
  13. The Fossil Fuel Endgame, and How to Survive It
  14. Epilogue: Notes from a better future
  15. Further Reading
  16. References
  17. About the Series
  18. Author’s Acknowledgments
  19. Copyright