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A
SOLAR WORLD Climate Change and the Green Energy Revolution Published by Green Books on behalf of Schumacher UK. For prices and to order a Briefing click on the ORDER FORM button above. |
| In this Briefing, David Elliott establishes the basic sustainable energy options. However his main aim is to look at potential problems ahead in the short, medium and long term, and deal with the counter-arguments to renewables. No technology is entirely benign. Renewable energy technologies such as wind farms may have far less global environmental impact than fossil-fuelled plants, but they do have some impact locally. How do we trade these off? The author looks at the UK wind farm issue, and at some other examples, including the problems facing hydro power and waste combustion. The medium term example concerns a sustainable transport policy: whether we can develop a green energy system to meet that demand as well. This means looking at changes in the way we live and behave. The final example concerns the longer term limits of the sustainable energy approach: whether it is possible to use renewable sources to sustain economic growth indefinitely. ------- Dr Dave Elliott is Professor of Technology Policy in the Faculty of Technology at the Open University and Director of the OU Energy and Environment Research Unit. He trained initially as a physicist and worked for the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell and the Central Electricity Generating Board in Bristol. At the Open University he has been looking at energy policy issues and in particular at renewable energy policy. He is co-ordinator of the Network for Alternative Technology and Technology Assessment (NATTA) and editor of its journal, Renew. In addition to writing many texts for the OU, he has published over 50 academic papers and reports. He has also authored, co-authored or edited eight books. Routledge have just published an enlarged and updated version of his best-selling book Energy, Society and Environment. He was the recipient of the 1996 Schumacher Award. |