Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain A Consumer Society

• Main Author: Trainer, Ted (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Electric power production.; Power electronics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Social policy.; Environment, general.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Economics.; Energy Technology.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Social Policy.

It is widely assumed that our consumer society can move from using fossil fuels to using renewable energy sources while maintaining the high levels of energy use to which we have become accustomed. This book details the reasons why this almost unquestioned assumption is seriously mistaken. Chapters...

Table of Contents:

• The Context
• Wind Energy
• Solar Thermal Electricity
• Photovoltaic Solar Electricity
• Liquid and Gaseous Fuels Derived from Biomass
• The “Hydrogen Economy”
• Storing Electricity
• Conclusions on the Potential and the Limits
• Why Nuclear Energy is not the Answer
• The Wider Context: Our Sustainability and Justice Predicament
• The Simpler Way.