The great transition
Subtitle: shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy
By: Lester R. Brown with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute
Contributors: Larsen, Janet (Environmentalist), author; Roney, J. Matthew, author; Adams, Emily E., author; Earth Policy Institute
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780393350555
Subjects: Greenhouse gas mitigation; Solar energy; Wind power; Renewable energy sources
Other titles: Shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy
Description: Examines the rise of a new global energy economy moving away from coal and oil, and toward solar and wind power, as costs for those technologies continue to drop.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing direction; title: The rise and fall of oil; title: Closing coal plants; title: Nuclear power in decline; title: The solar revolution; title: The age of wind; title: Tapping the Earth's heat; title: Hydropower : past and future; title: The accelerating transition.