The Solar Economy
Subtitle: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781844070756
Subjects: Alternative & renewable energy industries; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Environmental economics; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Politics / Current Events; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Power Resources; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Science / Energy; Development - Sustainable Development; Economic aspects; Renewable energy sources; Solar energy; Sustainable development
First sentence: MANY AUTHORS HAVE charted the course of civilization through the development of its energy systems - for instance, Debeir, Deleage and Hemery in their history of energy systems, Smil in Energy in World History, and Sieferle in his work on the history of mankind and the environment.