Green Illusions print on demand - The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism

Informationen zum Autor Ozzie Zehner, who has collaborated on numerous projects in industry, government, and academia, is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext Ozzie Zehner, who has collaborated on numerous projects in industry, government, and academia, is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. Zusammenfassung We don't have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Unraveling the Spectacle Part I: Seductive Futures1. Solar Cells and other Fairy Tales2. Wind Power's Flurry of Limitations3. Biofuels and the Politics of Big Corn4. The Nuclear-Military-Industrial Risk Complex 5. The Hydrogen Zombie6. Conjuring Clean Coal7. Hydropower, Hybrids, and other Hydras Part II: From Here to There8. The Alternative-Energy Fetish9. The First Step Part III: The Future of Environmentalism10. Women's Rights11. Improving Consumption12. The Architecture of Community13. Efficiency Culture14. Asking Questions Epilogue: A Grander Narrative?Resources for Future EnvironmentalismNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ozzie Zehner
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2012
• EAN: 9780803237759
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-3775-9
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Our Sustainable Future; Our Sustainable Future
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book