Greenergized
Subtitle: a Business Fable on Clean Energy
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781351277327
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Energy policy; Power resources; Environmental aspects; Renewable Energy; Énergies renouvelables; Politique énergétique; Ressources énergétiques; Aspect de l'environnement
Description: "Renewable energy versus fossil fuels: the debate rages on, worldwide. At stake is nothing less than the protection of our planet from the ravages of climate change. But the costs involved in making the switch to clean energy are daunting. How do we pay for solar and wind energy? Do we scrap all our gasoline-driven autos? How do we move forward?Although the importance of this topic is hard to overstate, it nevertheless consistently fails to engage at the level that it so patently needs to. This is what has led technology expert and seasoned commentator Dennis Posadas to approach the issues in a new and intriguing way. Posadas understands that we respond best to narratives, and that is why he has written what he describes as a "green thinking fable". In this fable, we meet Daniel, a young graduate of the fictional Oriental College, who is thrust into a debate between José, an oil man, and Professor Ruiz, an advocate of clean energy. We follow the lines of argument as Daniel's awareness increases, and he experiences a paradigm shift in his thinking. We see how his short-term outlook focusing on the cost of renewable energy evolves into long-term thinking about the cost of not making the shift to renewables. Posadas's business fable puts the issues in front of the general reader in an engaging and digestible way. It covers concepts such as solar, wind, electric vehicles, waste to energy, feed-in-tariffs, carbon tax, intermittent sources, cost of fossil fuels, health impact of fossil fuel use, energy efficiency, and other relevant topics necessary for understanding this debate. The story and characters may be fictional, but the situations and the technology discussions are based on current facts. Decide for yourself where you stand on the renewables versus fossil fuels debate, and discuss this story with your friends and colleagues. Greenergized is a much-needed route into the issues surrounding the most serious debate our generation faces. And it pulls off the brilliant trick of being highly readable at the same time."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 2  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 3  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 4  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 5  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 6  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 7  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 8  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 9  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 10  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 11  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 12  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 13  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 14  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 15  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 16  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 17  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 18  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 19  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 20  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 21  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 22  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 23  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 24  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 25  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 26  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 27  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 28  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 29  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 30  -- Dennis Posadas; title: chapter 31 -- Dennis Posadas.