Eunice Anderson brings a commonsense approach to solving the nations energy problems

Energy Unbound: A Fable for America's Future

Science & Math

L. Hunter Lovins

Amory B. Lovins

Technology

Random House, Inc.

<p>Soft Energy Toward a Durable Peace by Amory B. Lovins</p>

Soft Energy Paths: Toward A Durable Peace

Friends of the Earth International/Ballinger Publishing Company

Oil, gas, and coal now provide most of the world's energy. But burning these fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide gas (CO2). By holding in the heat like a blanket, CO2 changes the flow of heat in the atmosphere and can ultimately change the earth's climate. Many scientsts believe that if the rate of burning fossil fuels continues to rise, those climatic changes could disrupt agriculture and trigger famines within our lifetime. Within a century, the sea level could rise enough for rowboats to dock at the steps of the U.S. Capitol.The climatologists assumed massive and increasing use of fossil fuel because most energy planners said it was necessary. The choice, they claimed, was between unpredictable climate shifts, the costs and risks of nuclear power, or energy scarcity and continuing Third World poverty. But the four internationally-known authors of Least-Cost Energy: Solving the CO2 Problem, examining this conventional wisdom afresh, find it badly out of date.It is simply not true that prosperity and global equity require ever-increasing use of fossil (or nuclear) fuels. Newly developed technologies can provide the same energy services more cheaply by wringing more work out of our energy and by harnessing the renewable energy flows of sun, wind, water, and biomass wastes. This "least-cost energy strategy" - one that seeks to meet society's needs at the lowest possible economic cost, as would occur in a competitive free market - would make it unnecessary and indeed uneconomic to burn the fossil fuels that threaten the world's climate.

Least-Cost Energy: Solving the CO2 Problem

Florentin Krause

Wilfrid Bach

Brick House Pub. Co.

<p>Today's electricity industry - large power stations feeding a nationwide grid - will soon be a thing of the past. This book explains why and what will replace it - decentralized and distributed electrical resources which can be up to 10 times as economically valuable. The authors - all leading experts in the field - explain very clearly and thoroughly all the benefits, so the engineers will understand the economic advantages and the investors will understand the engineering efficiencies. Here's what industry experts are saying about Small is Profitable... 'A tour-de-force and a goldmine of good ideas. It is going to have a stunning impact on thinking about electricity.' Walter C. Patterson, Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London. 'An amazing undertaking - incredibly ambitious yet magnificently researched and executed.' Dr. Shimon Awerbuch, Senior Advisor, International Energy Agency, Paris. 'Outstanding...You have thought of some [benefits] I never considered...A great resource for the innovation in energy services that will have to take place for us to have a sustainable future.' Dr. Carl Weinberg, Weinberg Associates, former Research Director, PG&amp;E. 'This is a brilliant synthesis and overview with a lot of original analytics and insights and a very important overall theme. I think it is going to have a big impact.' Greg Kats, Principal, Capital E LLC, former Finance Director for Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy. 'E. F. Schumacher would be proud of this rigorous extension of his thesis in Small is Beautiful. It shows how making systems the right size can make them work better and cost less. Here are critical lessons for the new century: technologies tailored to the needs of people, not the reverse, can improve the economy and the environment.' Dr. Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy and Society and of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. 'Small is Profitable creates an unconventional but impeccably reasoned foundation to correctly assign the costs and true benefits of distributed energy systems. It has become an indispensable tool for modelling distributed energy systems benefits for us.' Tom Dinwoodie, CEO and Chairman, PowerLight Corporation. 'A Unique and valuable contribution to the distributed energy industry...Small Is Profitable highlights the societal benefits of distributed resources, and will be a helpful guide to policymakers who wish to properly account for these benefits in the marketplace.' Nicholas Lenssen, Senior Director, Primen. 'This book will shift the electric industry from the hazards of overcentralization toward the new era where distributed generation will rule.' Steven J. Strong, President, Solar Design Associates, Inc. 'Readers will understand why distributed resources are poised to fundamentally alter the electric power system. Its comprehensive review of the benefits of distributed resources [is] an important part of my library.' Dr. Thomas E. Hoff, President, Clean Power Research. 'The most comprehensive treatise on distributed generation.... Great job and congratulations.' Howard Wenger, Principal, Pacific Energy Group '..[D]ensely packed with information and insights...goes a long way to demonstrate that the former paradigm of electric power supply no longer makes sense.' Prof. Richard Hirsh, University of Vermont, Leading historian of the electric power sector. 'Amory Lovins was already the world's most original and influential thinker on the future of energy services in general and electricity systems in particular. This remarkable book is a very worthy addition to an extraordinary legacy.' Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Co-Director, Natural Resources Defense Council. 'This is a book every utility professional should have on the bookshelf.' Dr Peter S. Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman of the Board, the Brattle Group, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy.</p>

Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size

Business & Money

Economics

Rocky Mountain Institute

Creation of new fire

Yasushi Santo

Rokki Maunten Insutichuto

Daiyamondosha

Capitalismo naturale: La prossima rivoluzione industriale

PAUL HAWKEN

Hunter L. Lovins

Edizioni Ambiente

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