Power to the People

How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives and Maybe Even Save the Planet
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84407-176-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Climate change, power failures, tanker spills and energy wars: our profligate ways have doomed us to suffer such tragedies, right? Perhaps, but Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, the environment and energy correspondent for The Economist sees great opportunity in the energy realm and Power to the People is his fiercely independent and irresistibly entertaining look at the economic, political and technological forces that are reshaping the world's management of energy resources. In it, he documents an energy revolution already underway and exposes both the enormous risks to humanity and planet Earth and the massive opportunities and rewards afforded by our insatiable hunger for energy.

From the corporate boardroom of a Texas oil titan who denies the reality of global warming to the Rocky Mountain Institute where visionary Amory Lovins is developing hydrogen fuel-cell technology that could make the internal combustion engine obsolete, Vaitheeswaran gamely pursues the people who hold the keys to our future. It is clear that the quest for energy is insatiable. Yet it is also essential. By avoiding the traditional divide that pits free marketers against the wisdom of conservation and the need for clean energy, Power to the People debunks myths without debunking hope.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Windkraftanlagen, Wasserkraftanlagen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Coming Energy Revolution * Part I, Market forces: The Invisible Hand Ascendant * Micropower * Enron vs. Exxon * Why California went B.A.N.A.N.A.s * Oil - The Most Dangerous Addiction * Part II, Environmental Pressures: The Green Dilemma * Welcome to Global Warming * Clearing the Air * Adam Smith meets Rachel Carson * Part III, Energy Technology: Bigger than the Internet * The Future of Fuel Cells * Rocket Science Saves the Oil Industry * A Renaissance for Nuclear Power * Micropower meets Village Power * Epilogue: The Future's a Gas *

Über Autor(innen)

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning journalist and The Economist?s environment and energy correspondent, covering developments in politics, economics, business and technology as they relate to energy issues. Born in Madras, India, he grew up in the United States and graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. He currently lives in New York.