Title: Energy and American society, thirteen myths
Description: "Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society. This book takes on a central quandary in the study of energy and environmental policy: What myths continue to exist in American culture concerning energy, the environment, and society? It enrolls twenty-four of the nation's top experts working on energy policy in industry, government laboratories, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and universities to debunk and contextualize thirteen energy myths relating to electric power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, and climate change. While the book focuses on the American experience, it will be of interest to those working in the fields of energy policy, energy and the environment, and technology assessment worldwide"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Energy conservation, Public opinion, Government policy, Environmental policy, Energy policy, Energy policy, united states, Environmental policy, united states, Public opinion, united states, R & D/Technology Policy, Renewable energy sources, Social policy, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Energy Economics, Environment, general, Ecology, Euthenics, Nature and nurture, Adaptation (Biology), Economics, Engineering economy, Life sciences, Environmental sciences, Social aspects
Places: United States