num_pages: 248
description: A collection of science fiction stories art and essays exploring human futures powered by solar energy with an upbeat solarpunk twist. What will it be like to live in the photon societies of tomorrow? How will a transition to clean plentiful energy transform our values markets and politics?The Weight of Light emphasizes that the design of solar energy matters just as much as the shift away from fossil fuels. Solar technologies can be planned governed and marketed in many different ways. The choices we make will profoundly shape the futures we inhabit. The collection features stories by award-winning science fiction authors working in collaboration with illustrators graphic designers and experts in policy ethics climate science and electrical environmental civil and aerospace engineering.Download for free at https://csi.asu.edu/books/weight/
language: English
title: The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures
publisher: Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University